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- From: mod@cs.man.ac.uk (Michael O'Docherty (CAG ra))
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel
- Subject: system-level validity
- Summary: system-level-validity
- Keywords: system-level validity
- Message-ID: <mod.714411318@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 15:35:18 GMT
- Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk
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- In an earlier posting, I gave a type hole example and asked a few
- questions. Perhaps I was too subtle, for I received no answers. I'll
- try to be more concise and more direct about the most important issue.
-
- "Does ISE Eiffel 3.0 perform system-level validity checking?"
-
- I only ask because I strongly believe that 3.0 vendors should be up
- front about this very important issue; after all, is a compiler that
- only performs 99% of the possible static checking any long term use,
- especially when Eiffel is trumpeted as robust? (Oops, slipped a second
- question in there ;-).
-
- If the answer to the first question is "no" then we'll still buy
- EiffelBench but I would be disappointed if future versions don't do the
- checking either, (there's a third question in there if you look
- carefully :-). Shortcomings are fine as long as they're temporary and
- we know what they are.
-
- Yours eagerly awaiting the release,
-
- Mike.
-
- ps. I know the people at ISE are doing a very difficult job, no
- criticism is intended.
-
- Internet: mod@cs.man.ac.uk, wet string: (+44) 061 223 1301 ext. 2343
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