Path: news.cs.au.dk!news.net.uni-c.dk!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!denver-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!namche.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews1.eng.sun.com!engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM!not-for-mail From: Erik Ernst Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta,comp.object,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.sun.apps Subject: gbeta-0.8 available (An advanced OO pgm. language, GPL) Followup-To: comp.lang.beta Date: 31 Jul 1999 08:18:23 -0700 Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 72 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: nobox.eng.sun.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12047 comp.object:111648 comp.os.linux.misc:383127 comp.sys.sun.apps:30173 We are pleased to announce that gbeta-0.8 --------- is now available. What Is It? ----------- gbeta is an advanced OO language which supports virtual attributes, general block structure, and dynamic inheritance in context of strict, static typing. It is a generalization of the language BETA. The package includes an implementation of the language which performs static analysis, generates byte code, and runs the given program (i.e. it works like an interpreter as seen from the outside). It is integrated with GNU Emacs and programs can be single stepped, declarations can be looked up by double-clicking etc. in this environment. The current version of gbeta comes without standard libraries, and the performance is not good, so it is relevant to use it if you want to play around with a bleeding edge OO programming language in order to see what possibilities it offers you as a programmer, but it is not yet ready for real-life application development. Platforms --------- gbeta is available for Linux and SunOS 5.6 / Solaris 2.6 (it runs under SunOS 5.7 / Solaris 7, but must be compiled under 5.6). More platforms will be added soon (see the website). Documentation ------------- The gbeta web site at contains information about installation, getting started, a tutorial, references to papers, and several other topics. My PhD thesis (which is mainly about gbeta) will be made available from this web site, too. Download -------- gbeta can be downloaded from the above mentioned web site at or by ftp at Author, Contact person, Etc. ---------------------------- Erik Ernst, Email: eernst@cs.au.dk or ernst@Eng.Sun.COM enjoy! -- Erik Ernst ernst@Eng.Sun.COM Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc., MTV 29, Mountain View, CA 94043