Oberon

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compiled programming language imperative programming language modular programming language procedural programming language programming language statically typed programming language strongly typed programming language systems programming language

Oberon is a modular, type-safe systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth as a streamlined successor to Pascal and Modula-2, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency.

Aliases (1)

Oberon system ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	compiled programming language → imperative programming language → modular programming language → procedural programming language → programming language → statically typed programming language → strongly typed programming language → systems programming language →
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland →
designedBy	Niklaus Wirth →
designGoal	efficiency → readability → reliability → simplicity →
developer	ETH Zurich →
doesNotSupport	inheritance → operator overloading → pointer arithmetic →
firstAppeared	late 1980s →
firstAppearedAt	ETH Zurich →
hasKeyword	ARRAY → BEGIN → END → FOR → IF → IMPORT → MODULE → POINTER → PROCEDURE → RECORD → TYPE → VAR → WHILE →
influenced	Component Pascal → Lagoona → Oberon-2 →
influencedBy	Mesa → Modula-2 → Pascal →
paradigm	modular → procedural →
partOf	Oberon system →
successorTo	Modula-2 → Pascal →
supports	dynamic arrays → garbage collection → modules → procedures as parameters → records → separate compilation → type extension → type-safe systems programming →
typingDiscipline	static → strong →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Modula-2 → Pascal →	influenced
Component Pascal → Go →	influencedBy
Component Pascal →	family
Oberon ("Oberon system") →	partOf