[Oberon] Re (2): MAP meeting tomorrow

[Jörg Straube]

Lyall

When you add new features to a programming language, you basically create yet another Oberon dialect.
You are free to do so, but only those people using your modified compiler will be able to use it.

The „written prohibition“ you ask for are the so called language reports, where the syntax and semantic of every Oberon language (dialect) is defined.
I know four different language reports: Oberon, Oberon-2, Active Oberon and Oberon-07.

The feature „context“ (I mean being able to use the reserved word „IN“ after the module name) is only defined in „Active Oberon“.

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Jörg

> Am 06.05.2018 um 04:46 schrieb <peter at easthope.ca> <peter at easthope.ca>:
> 
> From:    "Skulski, Wojciech" <skulski at pas.rochester.edu>
> Date:    Fri, 4 May 2018 15:24:40 +0000
>> One of the most confusing aspects of Oberon is the multitude of 
>> Oberon languages, modules, and systems, all referred to by the same 
>> names like Text.
> 
> Absolutely.  Ambiguity rarely helps.  In this case a recognized 
> problem with a published solution.  "Proposal for Modules Contexts",  
> authored by Felix Friedrich and Florian Negele, section "2.3 Naming 
> Conventions" suggests the fully qualified name A2.Texts.Text or 
> Oberon.Texts.Text (or Something.Texts.Text?).  The ambiguity can be 
> resolved by applying the context idea beyond the "A2" and "Oberon" 
> contexts. 
> 
> From:    =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cmc=?= <joerg.straube at iaeth.ch>
> Date:    Fri, 4 May 2018 17:38:43 +0200
>> This can ONLY be written in "Active Oberon".
> 
> Where is that prohibition?  Felix or Florian might object, for a 
> personal reason, to use of context outside of A2 and Oberon.  I haven't 
> found a prohibiton in print.  Felix, Florian, your comments welcome.  
> 
> Context appears to be an solution for the ambiguity described by 
> Wojciech.  Is there an intrinsic logical argument against use outside 
> Active Oberon?  
> 
> Thanks,                          ... Lyall E.
> 
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