robison@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu (02/10/88)
In the January 1988 SIGPLAN notices there are references to a language called
``Beta.'' Anyone know where I can find out more?
Arch D. Robison
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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If Beta is the language done by the Simula crowd, a further description is in the new object oriented programming book published by MIT press (I think Wegner is the first editor).
kamin@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu (02/10/88)
I knew I had seen a talk on this once, and a search of conference proceedings uncovered: "Abstraction mechanisms in the Beta programming language," Kristensen, Madsen, Moller-Pederson, and Nygaard, 10th POPL (Austin), 1983, pp. 285-298. Sam Kamin U. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign
kasper@russell.STANFORD.EDU (Kasper Osterbye) (02/11/88)
>In the January 1988 SIGPLAN notices there are references to a language called >``Beta.'' Anyone know where I can find out more? > >Arch D. Robison >University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > >CSNET: robison@UIUC.CSNET >UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!robison >ARPA: robison@B.CS.UIUC.EDU (robison@UIUC.ARPA) Currently the main source to Beta is in: Research Directions in Object Oriented Programming. Edited by B.D. Shriver and P. Wegner. MIT PRESS, 1987. Also in that book is a paper by Ole L. Madsen on the use of block structure in object oriented languages which are quite good. They also had a paper or two on the Hawaii conference this year, on how they are building a integrated envirronment for the Beta language. I was so fortunate to get my Masters degree under supervision on Ole, one of the four behind the project. Even though it was a somewhat enfantile version of the compiler we had to deal with it was a great improvement over many other languages I have seen. Hope this is a help - otherwise just feel free to send me mail, or I can find the address of the people for you. /Kasper kasper@csli.stanford.edu (internet)