Oberon

Summary

Oberon is a programming language^[1]. Oberon ranks in the top 6% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Oberon was influenced by Modula-2^[3].
• Oberon's instance of is recorded as programming language^[4].
• Oberon's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language^[5].
• Oberon's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language^[6].
• Oberon's developer is recorded as Niklaus Wirth^[7].
• Oberon's copyright license is recorded as BSD licenses^[8].
• Oberon's designed by is recorded as Niklaus Wirth^[9].
• January 1, 1987 marks the founding of Oberon^[10].
• Oberon's official website is recorded as https://projectoberon.net^[11].
• Oberon's readable file format is recorded as Oberon V3 Symbol data^[12].
• Oberon's readable file format is recorded as Oberon V4 AsciiCoder archive^[13].
• Oberon's readable file format is recorded as Oberon V4 Symbol data^[14].
• Oberon's readable file format is recorded as Oberon V4 text format^[15].
• Oberon's native label is recorded as Oberon^[16].
• Oberon's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming^[17].
• Oberon's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming^[18].
• Oberon's programming paradigm is recorded as structured programming^[19].
• Oberon's programming paradigm is recorded as modular programming^[20].
• Oberon's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming^[21].
• Oberon's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted^[22].
• Oberon's typing discipline is recorded as dynamic typing^[23].
• Oberon's typing discipline is recorded as static typing^[24].
• Oberon's typing discipline is recorded as strong typing^[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language^[4], procedural programming language^[5], and imperative programming language^[6].

History and Context

January 1, 1987 marks the founding of Oberon^[10].

Why It Matters

Oberon ranks in the top 6% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).^[2] Oberon has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] Oberon is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Oberon has been cited as an influence by Java^[28], a JVM language^[29], founded in 1995^[30]; Go^[31], a programming language^[32], founded in 2009^[33]; Nim^[34], a programming language^[35], founded in 2008^[36]; V^[37], a programming language^[38], founded in 2018^[39]; Oberon-2^[40], a programming language^[41], founded in 1991^[42]; and Object Oberon^[43], a programming language^[44], founded in 1990^[45].

FAQs

Who did Oberon influence?

Oberon has been cited as an influence by Java^[28], Go^[31], Nim^[34], and V^[37].