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Oberon programming style avoids hidden states; visible states on display should be command parameters to reduce opacity.

Design philosophy that user-awareness of system state reduces errors and confusion; visible global variables preferable to opaque ones.

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Project Oberon: the design of an operating system and compiler
(2005) · Wirth, Niklaus · Gutknecht, Jürg

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  • Oberon avoids modal operation; user state determined by visible display content, not hidden mode history.

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