[Oberon] Re (2): Portability.

peter at easthope.ca peter at easthope.ca
Sat Jan 26 00:28:08 CET 2019


> „Portable“ means that the module is coded in standard, normal 
> Oberon programming language without using low level features provided 
> by SYSTEM.
> 
> „Portable“ does not mean that the code is 1:1 portable between 
> different versions of the Oberon language. (Oberon, Oberon-2, Active 
> Oberon, Oberon-07). 

Not obvious; to me at least.  Would an entry in https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Glossary 
be tolerable?

Also slightly curious about comments beginning with (** rather than (*.
(** is meant to be more emphatic?  Something else?

Thanks,                      ... Lyall E.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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