Re: [BLACKBOX] Seasoned Linux.

From: [at]} <Norayr>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:59:52 +0400

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I share your doubts because I also understand that seventh version would
break a backward compatibility. There are almost no public code in
Oberon-07, most of the people stick to Oberon-2.
On the other hand, it is impossible to design good things by having a
limitation like "backward compatibility".
Thats what have done Straustrup when designing C++, he was trying to be
compatible with C, however, some of C code is not possible to compile
with C++. And we still have different compilers for C and C++.
Backward compatibility is what forces Windows to be more fat than it
could be, and contain many compatibility layers.
Wirth does not care about backward compatibility, if it contradicts to
the nice design.
That is why Modula-2 is not compatible with Pascal, and Oberon is not
designed to compile MODULA-2 code.
Such tasks probably could be simplified by writing automated translators.

Sincerely,
Norayr

On 01/13/11 22:35, Rex Couture wrote:
> Wojtek Skulski wrote ..
>> On the other hand, if there is ever a chance of having Oberon-07 versus
>> not having anything at all, I would rather have Oberon-07.
>
>
> Oberon-07 was optimized for a particular chip or type of chips, with limited capabilities for a specific purpose. Although it incorporates some good, new ideas, it also creates yet another, very different dialect that breaks most existing code. As I recall, the FOR loop is out yet again, as are some fairly essential data types. Breaking existing code strikes me as a VERY bad idea, which I think has greatly hindered the adoption of Wirth languages.
>
> I object to the name too, because it implies that it's intended to replace previous versions. While I'm sure it's excellent for its intended purpose, I frankly would not like to see it adopted as a new standard for general use.
>
> Rex Couture
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