[EXT] Re: Univ. Linz Oberon collection
There is always email address behind particular source code.
For example moessenboeck at ssw.uni-linz.ac.at
Did you ask for confirmation oberon programming is really dead at jku?
The University of Linz has stopped using Oberon as a primary teaching languages years ago and has switched to other languages. In particular Java, where they did some work in collaboration with Sun Microsystems, now Oracle. And since Prof. Mössenböck is about to retire, someone else would need to bring Oberon back to live in Linz.. which appears a bit unlikely. It’s similar to ETH Zurichm where most people who have carried Oberon forward throughout the years have retired or are retiring soon.
Hello list, 2024-05-20 Andreas Pirklbauer <andreas_pirklbauer@yahoo.com>:
And since Prof. Mössenböck is about to retire, someone else would need to bring Oberon back to live in Linz.. which appears a bit unlikely. It’s similar to ETH Zurichm where most people who have carried Oberon forward throughout the years have retired or are retiring soon.
I wrote to this list a while back asking for some pointers where to start with Oberon. If I may, here's my two cents: I think it would really be a shame if the work that has been done is lost. License permitting, things should be archived at archive.org or maybe on wikimedia, as the book is also hosted there. Things don't have to be meticulously sorted - any data is better than no data at all! Kind regards Ruben Schuller
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