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From: "ivory@tower.com" <ivory@tower.com>
Subject: Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it?
Date: 1997/07/11
Message-ID: <33C61545.167EB0E7@tower.com>#1/1
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Organization: Tower Concepts, Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada
Date: 1997-07-11T00:00:00+00:00
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My friend's son is looking at colleges, and was startled to see
that RIT appears to have a heavy focus on the language Eiffel for
the first 2-3 years.  He's using this as a black mark against the
school.  The thinking is that he'd rather be learning a 'real'
language that has real-life value on the job market.

He's asked me for my opinion, and I'd have to say that I somewhat
agree.  I've never met an Eiffel programer, and don't see a lot of
ads for them in the classifieds.  Note: I'm not debating whether or
not Eiffel is a good language; that's not the concern.  The concern
is whether or not the job market will see this as having been time
well spent.

So, what's the (reality based) counter argument?


[obviously, I seldom (ever) read each of the newsgroups I posted this
to, so please e-mail responses as well as re-post.  thanks]

John

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