<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I wrote it on the go, while waiting for a plane, so I'm not sure its language is refined enough to qualify for an essay :-) If I had to publish something on that topic, I would certainly write it very differently, with proper references etc.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On the Oberon list, I only wished to quickly respond to a question asked by Srinivas. But I'd be happy to prepare a "combined" version of these entries -- if I recall correctly, there were in fact multiple entries on that topic back a few months ago.</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">PS: I have not checked, but how does one upload something to the Wikibook? Who maintains it? What is its goal?</span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Andreas</span></div><div><pre><br></pre><pre>> From: Srinivas Nayak <<a href="https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sinu.nayak2001 at gmail.com</a>>
> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 11:13:35 +0530
> ><i> My hearty thanks to Andreas for sheding light on this matter.
</i>> ><i> When I read his post, I felt, it should have been a journal paper.
</i>> ><i> Nice language. Great presentation. Simply awesome.
</i>>
> Well expressed Srinivas. Andreas' essay will remain in the list
> archive but would be a superb contribution to the Oberon wikibook.
> Certainly it would be more prominent there. If you are willing to
> entertain this Andreas, please add it or permit someone to do so.
> If you are concerned that inept editing might distort the meaning,
> it can be a quotation, citing the mailing list as source.
>
> Thanks, ... Lyall E.
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