From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,7d7ee3c3e9e9e103 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,7d7ee3c3e9e9e103 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,9f9e8bd17e4d4c4d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-11 19:01:46 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.ACO.net!swidir.switch.ch!epflnews!dinews.epfl.ch!di.epfl.ch!Robb.Nebbe From: Robb.Nebbe@di.epfl.ch (Robb Nebbe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Eiffel for DoD development? Date: 11 Oct 1994 13:17:26 GMT Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Sender: nebbe@lglsun3.epfl.ch (Robb Nebbe) Distribution: world Message-ID: <1994Oct11.135719@di.epfl.ch> References: <1994Oct3.190144.23825@sei.cmu.edu> <373uv0$fgm@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: lglsun3.epfl.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: Ada, Eiffel, Paige, Mandate, DoD, Reinventing Government Xref: bga.com comp.lang.eiffel:2249 comp.object:7266 comp.lang.ada:6799 Date: 1994-10-11T13:17:26+00:00 List-Id: In article , dkenny@actrix.gen.nz (Des Kenny) writes: |> |> 1) any technical reason why not? |> Eiffel compilers generate C for portability reasons. |> |> => |> |> One word and one letter : Embedded C |> I don't think that using the C produced by an Eiffel compiler would be a good idea. The C is really intermediary code and in my opinion isn't suitable for modification. It sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen, but then maybe I didn't understand your suggestion. |> Must sandwiches always be "peanut butter and jello", forever? |> Do you want your life to be one flavour, forever? Do you actually eat "peanut butter and jello" sandwiches or was this a typo? - Robb Nebbe