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In article <9211091022.A01745@MAIL.CASI.NASA.GOV> thutt@MAIL.CASI.NASA.GOV (thutt) writes:

      Oberon removes all of the extraneous features of Modula-2, cleans up the
      language
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      1) Removal of superfluous items:
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	 The SET type is now equivalent to the M-2 BITSET. It is of
	 an implementation dependant size (usually at least 32 bits).

If you ask me (and of course you didn't :-), SET should have been
dropped.  What is the point of having a BITSET (and why isn't it
called that if that is what it is?) with an implementation defined
size?  Why is this any better than having a MODULE based around BIT
... etc. which achieves the same effect?  (Also why is there no
operation to directly set a bit?)  If your wondering what the
difference is in the end: nothing much as far as functionallity goes,
the difference is by using a modules, superfluous items is kept out of
the syntax.

bevan