I think it's due to a lack of freestanding compilers when the project was launched. People expected a new programming language from Niklaus Wirth but what they

I think it's due to a lack of freestanding compilers when the project was launched. People expected a new programming language from Niklaus Wirth but what they got was a language and an operating system, the latter which was too different from any mainstream system. Studying and using this relatively low-level (but safe!) minimalist language which is not inspired by C has given me quite a few new insights. https://miasap.se/obnc/oberon-report.html https://miasap.se/obnc/oberon-report.html https://miasap.se/obnc https://miasap.se/obnc