[Oberon] oberonnet of things

[Frans-Pieter Vonck]

> Probably your gymnasium has at least one computer laboratory
> containing about 40 PCs.  Most households in the first world
> have at least one PC.  Therefore, PC Native Oberon should be
> a feasible choice for the present.
Not only that, every pupil carries a multicore arm device in her/his bag
that is continously connected to the internet.

So to make the programming course relevant is to let the oberon device
communicate with their smartphone. Or in language terms - if I learn to
speak oberon - Whom can I talk to?.


> Take any module containing LOOP and EXIT.  Rewrite without
> these statements.  Compile the new version.
That is like telling students that current flows form + to - and then
after a one or two years explain that electrons actually move from - to +.
Why not start programming with oberon07 and do not use the loop statement
at all?,

Greets,
F.P.

> Frans-Pieter,
>
> From:	Frans-Pieter Vonck <fp at vonck.nl>
> Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 15:22:11 +0200
>> I looked at the net module of project oberon.
>> ... holds me back from promoting it as a 'first programming language'
>> at the gymnasium I teach.
>
> Probably your gymnasium has at least one computer laboratory
> containing about 40 PCs.  Most households in the first world
> have at least one PC.  Therefore, PC Native Oberon should be
> a feasible choice for the present.
>
> A set of exercises for your students is immediately evident.
> Take any module containing LOOP and EXIT.  Rewrite without
> these statements.  Compile the new version.
>
> Regards,                ... Peter E.
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