Path: news.daimi.aau.dk!jacobse From: jacobse@daimi.aau.dk (Jacob Seligmann) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: Beta vs Eiffel? Date: 9 Nov 1994 10:40:45 GMT Organization: DAIMI, Computer Science Dept. at Aarhus University Lines: 32 Message-ID: <39q8vd$rfj@belfort.daimi.aau.dk> References: <1994Nov7.152954.17783@newsgate.sps.mot.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: clematis.daimi.aau.dk Xref: news.daimi.aau.dk comp.lang.eiffel:6635 comp.lang.beta:146 Jan Sandquist wrote: > "Norm" == Norm Shelley writes: > > > A few months ago there was an article stating that a > > European University (?) had chosen to use the Beta OO > > language as its main OO language over Eiffel. Knowing Eiffel University of Dortmund, Germany. > > from first hand experience but not knowing Beta I'm having a > > hard time comparing the two. Could someone compare Beta > > using Eiffel (or even Smalltalk) as the basis and give their > > opinions as to which they prefer and why? > > This might not be exactly what you want, but Ellemtel has evaluated > the Mjolner BETA System and the report (~60 pages) is available from > http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~beta/. There are some general comparisons with > other OO languages (Simula, Smalltalk, Eiffel, C++) regarding language > constructs etc. The BETA Home Page is undergoing major restructuring at the moment. You'll have to follow the "Mjolner BETA System Home Page" link to find the "Evaluations/Ellemtel" section. /Jacob Seligmann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mjolner Informatics ApS Phone: +45 86 20 20 00 ext. 2753 Science Park Aarhus Direct: +45 86 20 20 11 - 2753 Gustav Wieds Vej 10 Fax: +45 86 20 12 22 DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark E-mail: jacobse@mjolner.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------------