Re the intro to the list, I am a professor of computer science
at Pepperdine University. My interest in Oberon/F is as a
language for teaching object oriented programming at the
introductory (first year) level. I have written a Pascal
based book (Computer Science, D.C.Heath, 1991) that we have
been using in the course. After experimenting with Oberon/F
over the past year we decided to try it out this coming
September. I'll be spending the summer months writing
Oberon/F material for the new course.
One project I'll be working on is to develop a module for
graphical input/output of one- and two-dimensional arrays.
I envision something like a spreadsheet that would allow
a student to easily input values that could then be processed
for homework assignments dealing with indexed variables. If
something like a generic spreadsheet already exists, I'd like
to know about it.
I had evaluated the earlier Oberon systems but rejected them
because their GUIs were different from the host GUI. I am
excited about the cross platform capabilities of Oberon/F.
Our students have both Mac and Windows machines and our current
course uses a remote UNIX workstation for the student compiles,
which provides a "platform neutral" system. We will now be able
to have a platform neutral system with the additional advantage
of object orientation and programming with a GUI in a language
that is as simple as (or even simpler than) Pascal.
Stan Warford
Pepperdine University
warford@pepperdine.edu