Talk:Oberon-2
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The source of information for the summary of extensions is Differences between Oberon and Oberon-2 by Hanspeter Mössenböck and Niklaus Wirth
Chris Burrows 14:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Niklaus Wirth's languages have very striking differences, hidden among their similarities. Almost Introvert/extrovert. For example Algol could talk to any other language, and be mixed in to build a product, an extrovert. Pascal in it's native form would have to be recompiled to point to a different file, an introvert. Modula II was out there again. Interfacing other languages. It was a great language for real world problems. Definitely an extrovert. Oberon (an Oberon-2) have their own environment again. They don't want to touch the real world. And although they are nicely written languages, they are not good for much beyond teaching. A major introvert.
So Niklaus has had plenty of time to write yet another extrovert language, but I am not seeing anything out there.
