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In article <1992Aug30.203640.29245@psg.com> randy@psg.com writes:

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>g_dotzel@tron.gun.de (Guenter Dotzel) writes:
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>> there is almost no interest in Oberon-2 in the real world.
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>Hi Guenter,
>
>Possibly the German real world.  But the interest and use of Oberon-2 and
>Modula-2 in the States are about the same, although, sadly, it takes a
>magnifying glass to see either.
>
There is an increasing interest in Oberon-2 within Europe, especially as
version of the language are becoming available which are not tied to the
Oberon system.  We must remember though that it takes time for a language
to get out into the big wide world.  I was using C for nearly five years
before it moved from being on a par with Forth.

>> Maybe the O2-baby has to grow up fisrt by going through some standardisation
>> process?
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>Use of Modula-2 over here has been inversely related to the so-called
>progress of the ISO WG, though I do not claim a causal relationship.  Save
>Oberon from such a fate.
>
Agreed, what is needed is for some body to get out and market an Oberon2
compiler which will work on a wide range of machines.  The thing which
really made C was the availablility of low cost, well supported and
documented compilers across a wide range of platforms.

Nigel



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