[Oberon] Acronyms and Versions

[eas lab]

Yes, I forgot to mention V4 [under linux, which does all the inet &
pdf-rendering,
etc. which Oberon can't do] was also good. AFAIR I patched the <Edit> to handle
*nix line-ends instead of DOS.
...
Since LEO was I little better I then used that.
If shoes A are slightly better that shoes B, I just use A.
Mrs Markos has 347 pairs which she cycles through.

On 1/28/16, jwr at robrts.net <jwr at robrts.net> wrote:
>
> In December I purchased an OberonStation, and am currently trying to
> understand which implementations of Oberon (in addition to that of
> Project Oberon 2013) are also valuable to obtain and study.  I
> reviewed the last four years of messages on this list, and am still
> somewhat confused.  Perhaps it is useful to contribute summaries of
> acronyms and versions which others on this list can help correct and
> refine.
>
> In http://lists.inf.ethz.ch/pipermail/oberon/2016/008750.html Peter
> Easthope states “A glossary containing some of these commonly bandied
> names and acronyms would be helpful.”
> In http://lists.inf.ethz.ch/pipermail/oberon/2015/008219.html Dieter
> Gloetzel says: “Is there anywhere a list of abbreviations? e.g. "LNO"
> or "OLR". I have difficulties following the discussions.”
>
> At http://lists.inf.ethz.ch/pipermail/oberon/2016/008763.html Srinivas
> Nayak asks “Which version of Oberon I should look at? Oberon-7 or
> Active Oberon or Concurrent Oberon or ?” and Bob Walkden answers “Why
> not look at them all?”.  I think it's hard to look at them “all”
> because there are so many variations, it is difficult to enumerate
> them.  Also it is somewhat unclear which involve versions of the
> language, which involve versions of the system implementation, which
> involve different experimental or useful versions of tools and
> applications, and which are versions identifying distributions for
> different underlying hardware and OS platforms. It is also difficult
> to identify which particular ones contain the most useful or most
> important components to study.  Perhaps with help from the experts on
> this list, we can more fully enumerate the versions, and identify what
> is unique and useful or special about each one.
>
> Here is a summary of acronyms and version names I have gleaned from
> various messages and sources. Please provide feedback and corrections
> as appropriate.
>
> ALO   ARM Linux Oberon (Oberon in LNO family, for ARM CPU eg Raspberry Pi)
> ETHO  ETH Oberon  (ETH is Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
> LEO   Linux ETH Oberon	[ETHO 2.4.3 for Linux x86]
> LNO   Linux Native Oberon
> NO    Native Oberon
> OCP   Oberon Community Platform
> OLR   Oberon Linux Revival
>
> Is ETH-Linux-Oberon the same as LEO or LNO? (Probably it is LEO.)
> Is Linux-ETH-Oberon the same as LEO?  Same as ETH-Linux-Oberon?
> 	See https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/pipermail/oberon/2015/007996.html
> 	and https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/pipermail/oberon/2008/005410.html
>
> BB    BlackBox Component Builder, Component Pascal IDE
> 	from Oberon Microsystems, http://www.oberon.ch/blackbox.html
> CP    Component Pascal
> 	[A dialect in the Oberon family most similar to Oberon-2]
>
> AOS        Active Object System (2003)
> UnixAOS    Unix-based AOS
> WinAOS     Windows-based AOS
> Bluebottle New system based on AOS kernel (2005)
> A2         New system after Bluebottle (2008)
> 	See http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/ for AOS/Bluebottle/A2 history
> Crazy-Fresh Bluebottle [see http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/]
> Crazy-Fresh A2 [see http://sourceforge.net/projects/a2oberon/files/]
>
> -----
> The following appear to be versions of the language definition itself.
> In another message another day I plan to identify documentation for each.
>
> Original Oberon (1987/88/90)
> Revised Oberon (1992)   [later called Oberon-07]
> Oberon-2 is a compatible superset of Revised Oberon (1992)
> Oberon-07 is a new language based on Oberon and Oberon-SA
> 	See http://oberon07.com/ and http://oberon07.com/FAQ.xhtml
> 	See https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/Oberon/Oberon07.pdf
> 	See https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/Oberon/Oberon07.Report.pdf
> Project Oberon (1992) Ceres-based NS32032 implementation of Revised Oberon
> 	see http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/ProjectOberon.pdf
> Project Oberon (2013) FPGA-based RISC5 implementation of Oberon-07
> 	see http://www.projectoberon.com/ and
> 	https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/
> Oakwood Guidelines for Oberon-2 Compiler Developers
>
> -----
> Other names found for various Oberon implementations and versions include:
>
> Oberon S3 = Oberon System 3   (Became ETH Oberon)
> Oberon V4  (Associated with both ETH and University of Linz)
> 	See http://sourceforge.net/projects/oberon/ and
> 	http://www.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/Research/Projects/Oberon.html
> See http://users.cms.caltech.edu/~cs140/140a/Oberon/system_faq.html for
> 	Oberon = V1 ( V2 V4 | System3 )
> 	Oberon V1     [Original Oberon??]
> 	Oberon V2     [??]
> 	Oberon V4     [Started at ETH, more development at University of Linz]
> 	Oberon System3  [Became ETH Oberon]
>
> Native Oberon  [Based on ETH Oberon]
> 	(see http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/downloads/index for current versions)
> 	(see http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/archives/systemsarchive/native_new)
> 	PC Native Oberon [for Intel-compatible PCs]
> 	PC Native Oberon for Dummies [for Windows installation]
> 	Linux-based Native Oberon [LNO]
> 	SharkOberon [for DEC Shark Network Computers, ARM-based]
> 	Native Oberon Alpha [http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/faq/faqnativealfabeta]
> 	Native Oberon Beta [see same link as Alpha]
>
> Versions at http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/archives/languagearchive/genealogy
> 	Oberon
> 	Oberon-V
> 	Oberon X
> 	Active Oberon
> 	Oberon-SA
> 	Active Oberon for .NET
> 	Object Oberon
> 	Oberon-2
> 	Concurrent Oberon
> 	Action Oberon
> 	Oberon-D
> 	Component Pascal
>
> Versions at http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/genealsys.html not already above
> 	SPARC-Oberon
> 	MacOberon
> 	DEC-Oberon
> 	RISC Oberon
> 	MS-DOS Oberon
> 	Chameleon Oberon
> 	HP-Oberon
> 	Oberon for Windows
> 	Spirit of Oberon
> 	Hybrid Oberon
> 	Oberon for Linux
> 	Oberon Linux PPC
> 	more versions named according to supporting OS?
>
> -----
> I have also seen terms Oberon-0 and Oberon0. Definitions may be:
>
> Oberon-0  a particular Oberon language/compiler
> 	see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/0
> Oberon0   implementation of an Oberon-0 compiler (?) or minimal Oberon
> system (?)
> Oberon0.dsk  disk image for bootable Oberon0 installer
>          (see
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/nativeoberon/files/nativeoberon/Oberon0%20boot%20disk/)
>
> Another acronym observed is OP2, which is a Portable Oberon compiler
> by R Crelier
>
> -- John Roberts
>
>
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