Oberon (programming language)

<p>Oberon is a general-purpose <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> first published in 1987 by <a href="/facts/Niklaus_Wirth/krsLUB11">Niklaus Wirth</a> and the latest member of the Wirthian family of <a href="/facts/ALGOL/wlFJGNEx">ALGOL</a>-like languages . Oberon was the result of a concentrated effort to increase the power of <a href="/facts/Modula-2/DFyUTdAq">Modula-2</a>, the direct successor of <a href="/facts/Pascal_(programming_language)/b3yvp8bF">Pascal</a>, and simultaneously to reduce its complexity. Its principal new feature is the concept of <a href="/facts/Data_type/fcx5hgVL">data type</a> extension of <a href="/facts/Record_(computer_science)/1fvSgenB">record</a> types. It permits constructing new data types on the basis of existing ones and to relate them, deviating from the dogma of strict <a href="/facts/Static_typing/Tz0bAMS9">static typing</a> of data. Type extension is Wirth's way of inheritance reflecting the viewpoint of the parent site. Oberon was developed as part of the implementation of an <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a>, also named <a href="/facts/Oberon_(operating_system)/l7NXq9Ee">Oberon</a> at <a href="/facts/ETH_Zurich/IxHAFGUU">ETH Zurich</a> in <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a>. The name was inspired both by the Voyager space probe's pictures of the moon of the planet <a href="/facts/Uranus/x7YwT1ar">Uranus</a>, named <a href="/facts/Oberon_(moon)/Xmfrr6aK">Oberon</a>, and because Oberon is famous as the king of the elves.
</p><p>Oberon was maintained by Wirth and the latest Project Oberon compiler update is dated 6 March 2020.
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Oberon (programming language)