Path: news.cs.au.dk!not-for-mail From: "Sascha Kimmel" Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: RE: Beta compiler for win32 Date: 11 May 2000 20:09:59 -0000 Organization: University of Aarhus, Department of Computer Science (DAIMI) Lines: 52 Approved: mailtonews@cs.au.dk Distribution: world Message-ID: <20000511200959.5718.qmail@noatun.mjolner.dk> Reply-To: "Sascha Kimmel" NNTP-Posting-Host: daimi.cs.au.dk X-Trace: xinwen.cs.au.dk 958075821 16437389 255.255.255.255 (11 May 2000 20:10:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@cs.au.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 May 2000 20:10:21 GMT Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12334 > -----Original Message----- > From: Magnus Jonsson [mailto:zeal@mail.kuriren.nu] > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:58 PM > To: usergroup@mjolner.dk > Subject: Re: Beta compiler for win32 > > > I'd like to separate the language Beta and the libraries. This is not possible because the libraries are in no way different from the BETA language itself, because they are not only written in BETA but furthermore they are BETA files as normal BETA programs are - in contrast to C and other languages where libraries are normally not written in C-Code (imagine those nice .lib files) > I'm impressed with beta, the language, not beta, the libraries it's got. You can write your own libraries and extend BETA to whatever you desire (if that is possible :) ideas -> YOU -> yourLibraries ;) > There are libraries for platform independent guis etc for c/c++ > and other languages too. If you want to reinvent the wheel again and again... ;) Regards, Sascha Kimmel > Sascha Kimmel wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > BETA was not developed to offer a perfect system for demo and intro > > designers, instead the most important aspect of BETA is the platform > > independece and furthermore the GUI independence. > > You can create you own Window in BETA and compile the code on > many different > > systems and it will look (nearly) the same - this is NOT > possible with C++, > > because the different operating systems have different GUI > environments and > > systems, making it nearly impossible to use the same code for a simple > > window on Windows on Unix with Motif e.g. > > > > Regards, >