October 2025 - Oberon - mailman3.inf.ethz.ch

Re: [Oberon] Export of Oberon Mail.SendCmd().
by Joerg 30 Oct '26

30 Oct '26

Generally, re-using code instead of copying is a good approach. If you do so, then the whole code of Mail is imported in News. Possible but perhaps there is even a better approach to re-use code. What about this: try to separate all common code in an own module (e.g call it Communication.Mod or MsgBase.Mod or Utilities.Mod or so) and import this new module in Mail and in News. br Jörg > Am 14.06.2023 um 19:53 schrieb peter(a)easthope.ca: > > Hello again, > > Several procedures in Mail are used in Oberon News. Rg.: > Mail.ParseContent(), Mail.DecodeMessage() & Mail.GetSetting(). > > Is export of SendCmd() and use in News objectionable? > Ie. in Mail, change PROCEDURE SendCmd(...) to PROCEDURE SendCmd*(...). > > Thanks, ... P. > > - > mobile: +1 778 951 5147 > VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 > > -- > Oberon(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related systems > https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon

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Re (2): Simplification & complexification; was, Oberon Text and new systems;
by peter＠easthope.ca 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

From: =?UTF-8?B?1bbVuNaA1aHVtdaA?= <norayr(a)arnet.am> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:00:37 +0400 > speaking of this, take a look at Spartan and Gemini protocols. Thanks Norayr. The petition I'm working on is a very modest thing. May achieve nothing more than bring some attention and understanding. Thx, ... P. -- mobile: +1 778 951 5147 <= still working VoIP: +1 778 508 0020 <= new & working projects: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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Simplification & complexification; was, Oberon Text and new systems;
by peter＠easthope.ca 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

From: schierlm at gmx.de (Michael Schierl) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 23:02:57 +0200 > The most complex application on most "smaller" OSes today is the Web > browser. And even when they are several megabytes large, they cannot > adequately parse what "HTML5" has become today (even if you exclude > JavaScript). > ... > So, I would not try to provide any (badly compatible) HTML5 support to a > system like Oberon which tries to be simple and tries to remove what can > be removed. Acknowledged, yet I'm not willing to be completely apathetic in response to growing complexification. Therefore working on a specific petition to the Canadian House of Commons. Description here. https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7487 I know this isn't Oberon specific. Definitely is relevant to simplification. To make the petition viable I need to find five residents of Canada willing to support it. When I have five supporters, will ask my M.P. Elizabeth May to authorize it. The name and address of each supporter will then be submitted to the Clerk of Petitions in Ottawa. I'm interested to hear from anyone willing to volunteer support. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- mobile: +1 778 951 5147 <= still working VoIP: +1 778 508 0020 <= new & working projects: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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Which are the latest available Shark Oberon sources?
by Rochus Keller 26 Oct '25

26 Oct '25

Hello everyone The repository github pcayuela/oldftpETHZOberon/tree/master/System3/Native/SharkOberon/.beta includes a file "SharkOberon.zip" with 260 module sources and modification dates from 1999-03-05 to 2001-04-08. Kernel.version is set to "Shark Native 99.12.02". The readme.txt says "SharkOberon is an implementation of Native Oberon System 3 Release 2.3 for the DEC DNARD Network Computer." Are these the latest available Shark Oberon sources, or does anyone have a more recent version? Was this version known to actually work on the DEC DNARD Network Computer? Best regards Rochus Keller

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