Conference turris::languages

152.0. "Oberon" by TLE::REAGAN (I can't remember if the lies were true) Fri Sep 25 1987 14:42

 
                  The 1987 UT Year of Programming
 
                      with the support of the
 
                  U. S. Office of Naval Research
 
                       presents a lecture
 
            TYPE EXTENSIONS AND THE LANGUAGE OBERON
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                               by
 
                Prof. Niklaus WIRTH,  ETH Zurich
 
                   Monday 12 October, 2:00pm
 
       Taylor Hall 2.106, The University of Texas at Austin
 
 
 
Abstract
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    The language Oberon emerged from Modula-2 in an effort to
reduce the complexity of the language and to increase its power and
flexibility of expression.  Several features of Modula are eliminated,
and the principal addition is the facility to define extended and related
data types.
 
 
Biography
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    Prof. Niklaus Wirth has designed four programming languages--
PL360, Algol W, Pascal, and Modula-2 -- and two workstation
computers -- Lilith and Ceres.  Among his awards are the IEEE's
Emanuel Priore prize (1983) and the ACM's A. M. Turing prize (1984).
 
 
Refreshments
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    Refreshments will be served at 1:30 in Taylor Hall 3.128.
 
 
Parking
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    Parking for visitors to the UT campus is available in the
university's seven-story parking facility at 2500 San Jacinto Street.
The parking rates are $1.00 + $.50/hour, with a 2-hour ($2.00) minimum.
 
 
More Information
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    For more information about this lecture or about the UT Year of 
Programming, or if you would be interested in joining a small discussion
group after the lecture, please contact
 
    UT Year of Programming                  [email protected]
    Department of Computer Sciences
    Taylor Hall 2.124                       [email protected]
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, Texas 78712-1188                512-471-9525
 
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Re .0:

>    The language Oberon emerged from Modula-2 in an effort to
>reduce the complexity of the language ...

Let me guess - it has no precedence levels at all for arithmetic expressions.
				/AHM

re: .0,

>     Prof. Niklaus Wirth has designed four programming languages--
>   PL360, Algol W, Pascal, and Modula-2 

	Are their any Wirth groupies out there who have faithfully
    adopted his previous languages PL360, Algol W, Pascal, and Modula-2
    who are now ready to trade-in their previous programming skills for
    this year's language (Oberon)?

				   -davo

.2>    	Are their any Wirth groupies out there who have faithfully
.2>    adopted his previous languages PL360, Algol W, Pascal, and Modula-2
.2>    who are now ready to trade-in their previous programming skills for
.2>    this year's language (Oberon)?
   
    Are you implying here that once you know the syntax of a particular
    programming language and feel real comfortable with it that you
    should stick with it from then on and any ignore any technological
    advances made in compiler/programming theory? Or was it just an
    off-the-cuff remark. Probably the latter I would think.
    
    I think it's amazing that one person can put out so much consistently
    usefull tools like the languages mentioned. Would you view this
    different if the four languages were developed by four different
    people?
    
    Guess this makes me a Wirth groupie.
    
    -Glenn-

Re .0:

>    Prof. Niklaus Wirth has designed four programming languages--
>PL360, Algol W, Pascal, and Modula-2

Does this mean that that Modula(-1) is not a programming language - or that it
was not designed?
				/AHM