The Alignment Trap

An alignment trap is something to avoid, because it implies an execution time performance penalty. So take care that your data is always naturally aligned.

A complexity trap is something to avoid, because it causes a maintainablity penalty. Only the simplest possible language allows to solve complex problems. Don't let your language become part of the problem. Make sure that your programming language is called Oberon-2 and accept nothing less.

Oberon-2 is the successor of Pascal and Modula-2, all created by Niklaus Wirth. If you don't know Modula-2, skip the next link.

If you know Modula-2, then read a short comparison of Modula-2 and Oberon-2.

If you are a C/C++ programmer, then you might want to read, why you most probably can't become an Oberon-2 programmer.

If you are still with me, then read the Oberon-2 programming language report; it's less than 25 pages -- including examples and formal syntax and type compatibility rules specifications.

If after reading the Oberon-2 language report, your conclusion is, that Oberon-2 is a powerful, yet simple, imperative, modular, object-oriented language, also suitable for system programming, then you might want to do some Oberon-2 programming. So you'd need an Oberon-2 compiler and a suitable integrated development environment (IDE). The Oberon IDE is called "Oberon System".

The Oberon System and Compiler Implementations list (OSCI) is a summary of several free and commercial Oberon-2 implementations. OSCI provides an overview over their technical features and links to the products' home-pages.

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