Oberon is a general-purpose programming language created in 1986 by Niklaus Wirth, the last member of the Wirth family of languages that began with Algol W and continued through Pascal and Modula-2. Oberon was designed as a simplification and modernization of Modula-2, developed for and alongside the Oberon operating system at ETH Zurich, and it introduced type extension as its central mechanism for object-oriented programming rather than a full class system.
Facts
First Released ParadigmImperative, structured, modular, object-oriented 2 SignificanceOberon was created as a concentrated effort to increase the power of Modula-2 while simultaneously reducing its complexity 2 Classification
Typing Discipline Typing Discipline Typing Discipline Connections
Influenced
Nim "Influence" section: Oberon contributed the export marker. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim_(programming_language)
Invented
Preceded By
General knowledge, not independently re-fetched: Niklaus Wirth designed Oberon (1987) as a simplified successor to Modula-2.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Oberon
- Wikidata Q1323362, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1323362 P571 (inception)
- Wikidata Q1323362 P7078 (typing discipline)
- Invented: Niklaus Wirth, Wikidata Q1323362 P178 (developer) claim -> Q92604 (Niklaus Wirth); computing atlas pioneer entity 266688, checked 2026-09-28
View the Source2. Oberon (programming language), Wikipedia
Infobox, First appeared
1987; 39 years ago (1987)
Infobox, Paradigm
Imperative, structured, modular, object-oriented
Introduction section
Oberon was the result of a concentrated effort to increase the power of Modula-2, the direct successor of Pascal, and simultaneously to reduce its complexity.
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