Path: news.cs.au.dk!not-for-mail From: Arne Hueggenberg Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: More newbie questions ... Date: 30 May 2000 10:55:22 -0000 Organization: University of Dortmund Lines: 24 Approved: mailtonews@cs.au.dk Distribution: world Message-ID: <20000530105522.17371.qmail@noatun.mjolner.dk> Reply-To: Arne Hueggenberg NNTP-Posting-Host: daimi.cs.au.dk X-Trace: xinwen.cs.au.dk 959684140 14678313 255.255.255.255 (30 May 2000 10:55:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@cs.au.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 May 2000 10:55:40 GMT Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12362 Am Mon, 29 Mai 2000 schrieben Sie: > 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)? loops are not part of the language, but there are some convenience patterns implementing loops in the libraries. > 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 Arne