Path: news.daimi.aau.dk!news.uni-c.dk!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!mdw033.cc.monash.edu.au!dcmay1 From: dcmay1@mdw033.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr DC May) Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Teaching BETA Date: 3 Jan 1995 20:15:00 GMT Organization: Monash University Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3ecb84$l4g@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mdw033.cc.monash.edu.au X-NNTP-Posting-User: dcmay1 Okay, okay, okay. I don't want to make it one of those "what is the best first language?" debates. (But everyone is pretty cool here anyway ...) I have talked to Bent Kristensen about the learning curve of BETA - about the fact that it is an "advanced" OO language, dealing with concepts and constructs that are quite different, and more flexible than most mainstream OO languages. But these concepts are a bit harder to grasp than just simple "class/method", and of course, the BETA syntax is rather legendary. The question therefore: is there anyone out there (e.g. Aarhus University) that teaches BETA at a first-year introductory level? What are th ese experiences? I would be most interested to hear them. All the best, Daniel