While of course Pike found inspiration in Wirth, Golang wasn't just Pike; it was Pike, Thompson, and Griesemer. Wirth was Griesemer's doctoral thesis advisor,

While of course Pike found inspiration in Wirth, Golang wasn't just Pike; it was Pike, Thompson, and Griesemer. Wirth was Griesemer's doctoral thesis advisor, and the thesis itself was on a parallel version of Oberon he called Oberon-V: https://eulercenter.ru/pdf/eth10277.pdf https://eulercenter.ru/pdf/eth10277.pdf https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/141363 https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/... I have to say, though, that I think Golang is a lot more similar to Newsqueak (which Pike did before working with Griesemer) than to Oberon.