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Go is Oberon's and C's secret child. They met thanks to Robert Griesemer, who worked under Wirth's supervision, AFAIK, during his PhD. I like how go gives acce
by sacado2 7y ago
Go is Oberon's and C's secret child. They met thanks to Robert Griesemer, who worked under Wirth's supervision, AFAIK, during his PhD.
I like how go gives access to the cool parts of Oberon within a relatively popular language.
- cxr 7y agoThis is true, but Rob Pike has his own independent connections to Oberon. Acme and other parts of Plan 9's mouse-driven UI were greatly "inspired" by the Oberon system. Go is the secret child of Oberon-the-language and C. Before Go, Plan 9 was conceived as the secret child of Oberon-the-system and Unix.
- pjmlp 7y agoThat is more true of Inferno and Limbo than Plan 9.
- augustk 7y agoWhat I like about Niklaus Wirth is that he stays true to his design philosophy and never sells out. Oberon is not a crowd-pleasing language.