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I'd be delighted if you'd correct whatever isn't!



Go is mix of Limbo and Oberon-2.

I also remember reading somewhere that Wirth found Cedar too powerful, or complex, so Oberon was designed with the goal to be as capable as Cedar environment, while using a simpler language.

So not sure which kind of relation I would put them, besides being an inspiration.


Thank you!

What are the Oberon-2 features in Golang that aren't in Limbo?

I should have clarified the Squeak → Newsqueak → Alef → Limbo → Golang lineage, but from my point of view Newsqueak is already recognizably a version of Golang (and Squeak isn't.)


The way methods are declared (Oberon-2 syntax), the unsafe package (SYSTEM in Oberon) and package initialisation blocks.


Thank you!




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