home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!rpi!pooler
- From: pooler@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Robert Peter Poole)
- Subject: Oberon information wanted!
- Message-ID: <cv9yz#c@rpi.edu>
- Nntp-Posting-Host: aix02.ecs.rpi.edu
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 04:31:45 GMT
- Lines: 26
-
-
- Well, today I grabbed the Oberon compiler demo from the Fred Fish archive.
- It was the limited version of release 1.16. I was very, very impressed
- with the code generation (based on the demos I ran and the compactness of
- the code, not to mention the cleanness of the source). I also like the fact
- that Oberon is object oriented and has class structures for Amiga hardware
- support included with it. No wonder Oberon is such a popular language among
- German Amigans!
-
- OK, so here's the problem: I don't know whether to contact the company in
- Switzerland which carries it, or the company in Australia which carries
- the English version. I do know some German, but I'd prefer to see compiler
- messages in my native language. :-) I don't know what current prices are
- like. I need a better language reference manual. I need to know how good
- the support for Amigados 2.x is. How do I go about legally obtaining a copy
- of Oberon with full manuals and everything?
-
- Considering the sorry state of C++ on the Amiga (Comeau is good I hear but
- does not have special classes for Amiga graphics), I think Oberon may be the
- only serious option for me for OO software design.
-
- Rob Poole
- pooler@rpi.edu
- pooler@cs.rpi.edu
- (formerly tarquin@athena.mit.edu)
-
-