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- From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
- Subject: Re: Eiffel for 386BSD (and other freebie un
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.220839.23292@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
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- Organization: NRAO
- References: <FYOUNG.93Jan8141550@hendrix.gssec.bt.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 22:08:39 GMT
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- In article 93Jan8141550@hendrix.gssec.bt.co.uk, fyoung@gssec.bt.co.uk (Fraser Young) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan4.003214.19930@nrao.edu> cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) writes:
- >
- >|> I'm just wondering if ISE or SIG Computing would be willing to produce a
- >|> cut-price Eiffel package for 386BSD. 386BSD is Bill Jolitz' freely distributable
- >|> implementation of BSD Unix for Intel 80386-based PC/AT clones (I suspect that
- >|> porting ISE Eiffel 2.3 would require little more than a recompile).
- >|>
- >|> I think I would be willing to pay in the range of $300-$400 (or less, of
- >|> course) for a full Eiffel development system on my home machine and I think
- >|> that there is a chance that others would too. Any takers?
- >
- >I would like to know if there is a version available for Linux?
- >the cheaper the better |:|
- >
- >BTW I'm v. sad to hear the GNU project is not looking at Eiffel.
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- This actually means that no one has volunteered to write a Eiffel compiler
- and release it under the GPL (well, actually, 2 or 3 people have volunteered
- but they all seem to have fallen by the wayside for one reason or another).
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- Chris Flatters
- cflatter@nrao.edu
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