Path: news.cs.au.dk!news.net.uni-c.dk!howland.erols.net!portc.blue.aol.com.MISMATCH!portc03.blue.aol.com!skynet.be!poster!not-for-mail From: Atle Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: More newbie questions ... Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 16:40:04 -0100 Organization: Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3932AB74.640B7ABE@skynet.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup100.charleroi.skynet.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news0.skynet.be 959611030 31977 195.238.7.100 (29 May 2000 14:37:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@skynet.be NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 May 2000 14:37:10 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12358 I have worked my way through some initial documentation, and only a few loose ends remain. Hopefully, they should just require (Y/N) answers or one-liners. Unfortunately, the saying goes: One idiot can ask more than ten wise men can answer :-) This why I might be asking the wrong question, and in that case, the answer may not be so simple after all ... 1. Are compiler directives standardized across implmentations (Y/N)? 2. Why are control structures called 'imperatives'? Can the difference be described with a 'one-liner', if not, I will be happy with just the name of a document outlining the philosophy behind the Beta control structures ('imperatives'). 3. Are loops part of the language, or are they meant to be specialized from a general case (Y/N)? With these things settled, I can start on my own hello.bet, and hopefully understand what I am doing along the way. Is there a Beta User Group (sorry, I had to capitalize :-) where I can meet other newbies, people who have just typed in their first 'hello' program and want to program that killer app for the next millennium? A place with Best wishes Atle