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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy> Behalf Of Bob
> > Walkden
> >
> This sort of thing needs a lot of critical mass and
> > BB has missed
> > the boat, until Microsoft decide to adopt it. When do you
> think that
> > will be? The best that we can hope for is that enough
> Wirthians enter
> > Microsoft Research to spread the spirit of Oberon from within.
> >
>
> Clemens Szyperski, one of the Component Pascal pioneers is
> certainly there:
>
> http://research.microsoft.com/~cszypers/
>
> Also Tony Hoare, one of Niklaus Wirth's collaborators from
> the really early days. It is encouraging to se that the
> spirit of Oberon is showing through with some of the
> Microsoft .NET initiatives. Additionally, Active Oberon,
> Component Pascal and Zonnon are all available as .NET
> languages. The first two at least had initial funding from Microsoft.
>
> Chris Burrows
> CFB Software
> http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp
>
Just found another Oberon 'infiltrator' at Microsoft Research - Ralph
Sommerer (previously at ETH Zurich in the late 80's, early 90's). He has
recently been working an an 'Oberon Script' compiler which takes Oberon
source and produces JavaScript as output for building interactive Web Client
applications:
http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?tr_id=1094
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp
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