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From: ess@daimi.aau.dk (Elmer Sandvad)
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Subject: BETA at Object World Germany 94
Date: 20 Sep 1994 12:31:31 GMT
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Object World Germany 94, Frankfurt (Booth B 02)
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Mjolner Informatics invites you to visit the Mjolner booth at 
Object World Germany 94.

Come and get a demo of the BETA programming language 
and the programming environment for BETA: the Mjolner BETA System.

When:    September 28 - 29, 1994.
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Hours:   10.00 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.
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Where:   Frankfurt/Main Hotel International
-----    Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str. 43, Frankfurt
Booth:   B 02
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Contact: Jacob Seligmann and Elmer Sandvad
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BETA is uniquely expressive and orthogonal amongst object-oriented languages. 
BETA unifies just about every abstraction mechanism - including class, 
procedure, coroutine, process and exception - into the ultimative 
abstraction mechanism: the pattern.

The BETA language includes 
  #  General block structure
  #  Coroutines
  #  Concurrency
  #  Strong typing
  #  Whole/part objects

The BETA implementation has
  #  Native code generation
  #  Automatic garbage collection
  #  Separate compilation
  #  Configuration control
  #  Interface to C and assembly
  #  Persistent objects
  #  Distributed objects

The Mjolner BETA System includes 
  #  Native compiler
  #  Libraries of basic data structures like text, multisets, etc.
  #  Powerful and easy to use aplication frameworks on top of
  #  The X Window System using OSF/Motif and Athena Widgets
  #  The Macintosh Toolbox
  #  Interface to operating system and external languages, e.g, C
  #  Source level debugger 
  #  Graphical system using the Stencil & Paint imaging model
  #  Metaprogramming system for manipulating programs
  #  A hyper structure editor 
  #  A demo version of an object-oriented CASE tool that is able to produce 
     design diagrams from BETA programs


Some of the news in release 3.0 are: 
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* Lidskjalv
  =========
  a platform independent object-oriented user interface 
  construction toolkit available for:
  . Macintosh
  . X Window System (Motif Widgets)
  . Windows NT/4.0 (Win32)

* Distribution library:
  =====================
  A BETA application framework providing high level support for the
  writing of distributed programs. Supports transparent method
  calling in remote objects, automatic exchange of object references
  between processes and flexible error handling. More general than
  client/server through support for symmetric object relationships 
  across process boundaries. Seamless integration with user interface 
  libraries. Currently only available on UNIX platforms.

* Linux Personal Edition 
  ======================
  (for 386/486/Pentium) with:
  . Complete basic system, including full-blown native compiler and basic
    libraries with text, file, containers, system utilities etc.
  . Complete GUI X11 frameworks, including XtEnv and AwEnv.
  . Persistent Store
  . Hard copy manual including an overview of the language and tutorial
     on the Mjolner BETA System.
  . Complete manuals in PostScript format on floppy disk.


Forthcoming products: 
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. Distributed object-oriented database
. Hypermedia framework and applications


More info on the Mjolner BETA System is available on WWW at the address:

	http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~beta/info

For pricing information etc. send an email to sales@mjolner.dk


See you in Frankfurt!

Elmer Sandvad

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Mjolner Informatics Aps                  Phone:   (+45) 86 20 20 00 ext. 2752
Science Park Aarhus                      Direct:  (+45) 86 20 20 11 - 2752
Gustav Wieds Vej 10                      Fax:     (+45) 86 20 12 22
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark                Email:   ess@mjolner.dk       
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			     BETA is better
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The  system  has  taken its name from the Nordic  mythology  where
Mjolner  is the name of the hammer of the god Thor.  According  to
the  mythology, this hammer is the perfect tool that cannot  fail,
grows with the task, and always comes back in the hand of Thor.

Lidskjalv is the throne of the Nordic God Odin. From here he can see out into
all worlds and see everything that happens. Other Gods may also use this
throne, e.g. it was from this throne that Frey, the brother of Freja, saw the
giant woman Gerd with whom he fell deeply in love.