> -I like the name changes (Oberon/F -> BlackBox Component Builder,
> Oberon/L -> Component Pascal). Convincing my management to upgrade to
> the latest version of a "Pascal" compiler is going to be *much* easier
> than an "Oberon" compiler. :-)
I agree as well. In my case the problem is convincing other computer
science educators that Oberon is a good language for the introductory
course. "Component Pascal" will be an easier sell.
> -I'm dissapointed to see diminishing support for the Macintosh, but
> given the current state of affairs I certainly understand it. It looks
> like the original Oberon/F plan of using the same source code for all
> sorts of different platforms appears to have become "mostly just
> Windows"... Oh well, perhaps a few more years after the BeOS wipes out
> the MacOS we'll get a new version... :-)
A related question here: The newsletter said that the Mac version of
1.3 would not require a floating point processor emulator for powerPC
models. Does that mean it will be powerPC native?
Stan Warford
Professor of Computer Science
Pepperdine University
warford@pepperdine.edu