Oberon-2
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Oberon-2 is an object-oriented, statically typed programming language that extends Niklaus Wirth’s Oberon with features like type-bound procedures and read-only export while preserving simplicity and efficiency.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oberon-2 canonical | 5 |
| Oberon family of languages | 1 |
| Oberon family of programming languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oberon-2 Context triple: [Oberon, influenced, Oberon-2]
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A.
Modula-2
Modula-2 is a systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth that extends Pascal with modules, concurrency features, and low-level facilities for structured, efficient software development.
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B.
Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an influential object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language and environment known for pioneering many concepts in modern software development, including graphical user interfaces and integrated development environments.
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C.
Simula
Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
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D.
Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
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E.
BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oberon-2 Target entity description: Oberon-2 is an object-oriented, statically typed programming language that extends Niklaus Wirth’s Oberon with features like type-bound procedures and read-only export while preserving simplicity and efficiency.
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A.
Modula-2
Modula-2 is a systems programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth that extends Pascal with modules, concurrency features, and low-level facilities for structured, efficient software development.
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B.
Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an influential object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language and environment known for pioneering many concepts in modern software development, including graphical user interfaces and integrated development environments.
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C.
Simula
Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
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D.
Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
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E.
BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
object-oriented programming language
ⓘ
programming language ⓘ statically typed programming language ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Oberon programming language
ⓘ
surface form:
Oberon (programming language)
|
| designedAt | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| designer |
Hanspeter Mössenböck
ⓘ
Niklaus Wirth ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficiency
ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ type safety ⓘ |
| executionModel | compiled language ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.Mod
ⓘ
.ob2 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dynamic type tests
ⓘ
for loops ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ modules ⓘ open arrays ⓘ procedure variables ⓘ read-only export ⓘ read-only record fields ⓘ records ⓘ single inheritance via type extension ⓘ type extension ⓘ type-bound procedures ⓘ type-safe systems programming ⓘ |
| influenced | Component Pascal ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Modula-2
ⓘ
Oberon programming language ⓘ
surface form:
Oberon (programming language)
Pascal ⓘ
surface form:
Pascal (programming language)
|
| paradigm |
imperative programming
ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| platform |
Oberon operating system
ⓘ
surface form:
Oberon System
|
| primaryUse |
research in language design
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systems programming ⓘ teaching programming languages ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | ETH Zurich report ⓘ |
| supports |
data abstraction
ⓘ
dynamic dispatch via type-bound procedures ⓘ encapsulation ⓘ procedural abstraction ⓘ single inheritance ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
static typing
ⓘ
strong typing ⓘ |
| yearIntroduced | 1991 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oberon-2 Description of subject: Oberon-2 is an object-oriented, statically typed programming language that extends Niklaus Wirth’s Oberon with features like type-bound procedures and read-only export while preserving simplicity and efficiency.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oberon
this entity surface form:
Oberon family of programming languages
this entity surface form:
Oberon family of languages