> Something like 25 pages being sufficient to describe it. Wirth attached importance to the fact that there are only 16 pages; on closer inspection, however,

> Something like 25 pages being sufficient to describe it. Wirth attached importance to the fact that there are only 16 pages; on closer inspection, however, one realizes that not everything has been specified and the omission of redundant descriptions easily leads to ambiguity in the given writing style. > in the end it is very much a subjective thing The differences and little similarities, as far as specified, are objectively ascertainable. But of course there are far more important things. From my point of view Oberon (including Oberon-2 and especially Oberon-07) is too minimalistic for non-academic projects anyway. That's why I threw my hat into the ring with Oberon+ (http://www.oberon-lang.ch http://www.oberon-lang.ch ); its specification is still small with about 50 pages.