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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,f66d11aeda114c52 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f66d11aeda114c52 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ken Garlington Subject: Re: Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) Date: 1997/08/08 Message-ID: <33EBE7DA.5ECF@flash.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 263221288 References: <33E503B3.3278@flash.net> <33E8FC54.41C67EA6@eiffel.com> <33E9B217.39DA@flash.net> <33EA5592.5855@flash.net> <33EB4935.167EB0E7@eiffel.com> <33EB754E.446B9B3D@eiffel.com> <33EBE46D.2149@flash.net> Reply-To: Ken.Garlington@computer.org Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ken Garlington wrote: > > The article goes on to discuss Microsoft and Apple collaborating > on Java implementations. I note that the Eiffel comments on this > article mentions that Eiffel is available on "Windows NT, Windows 95, > Unix (a dozen different platforms), Linux and VMS...." Is an Apple > implementation in the works? After sending this, I realized that again I may have oversimplified Mr. Meyer's statement in this area. This is the full quote: "Last week's story showed the limits of Java's promise of openness. With the rift between Microsoft and Sun, the promise of portability also evaporates. "Eiffel, and in particular ISE Eiffel, provides one of the very few truly portable development environment available in the software industry. The same set of tools and libraries runs across Windows NT, Windows 95, Unix (a dozen different platforms), Linux and VMS with no need for source code change. In particular: EiffelVision is a fully portable graphical library; and the EiffelNet library supports multi-platform client-server development, with fully transparent object exchange. The recently released DAIS-Eiffel CORBA implementation from ICL Inc. supports interoperability with other platforms and languages. ISE's C and C++ interface is one more tool supporting openness and portability. "For corporate customers who are looking for an open and portable solution available today, rather than promises subject to the conflicting requirements of companies that fiercely compete with each other, the choice is clear." I hope this corrects any misconceptions that might have occured from the earlier summarized quote.