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Hi!

On Fr 29.03.1996 around 21:04:09 mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel) wrote
in message "Why no Complex Arithmetic ?":

> I urge you to try Sather.
> [...]
> Personally, I think its language design surpasses oberon substantially.
> [...]
> Ada95 might be another practical option. 
> [...]
> For systems programming, what does O give you over Modula-3, whose runtime
> gives you *now* portable distributed objects?

   I  see  a  lot  of  features  that Oberon-2 is missing compared to these
languages,  but  (for  me)  Oberon-2  is the only alternative.  It's widely
availiable  (even  for  my  "exotic"  platform),  well  designed  and (most
important) easy to read.

   I had a look at Sather and Modula-3 and just can't understand the syntax
involved.   Of  course that might be caused by my limited intelligence.  To
be  provocative:   It's easier to read a properly written C++ fragment than
an  equivalent  Sather fragment (slight exaggeration intended).  So I stick
to Oberon-2.
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