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: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: Samuel Mize Subject: Re: Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Date: 1997/09/10 Message-ID: <3416BF73.64EB@link.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 271294573 References: <340C85CE.6F42@link.com> <3414BF1E.2E7C@ac3i.dseg.ti.com> <34151769.6343E724@calfp.co.uk> <3415E780.4A53@ac3i.dseg.ti.com> <3416629B.171A4BBE@calfp.co.uk> Reply-To: smize@link.com Organization: Hughes Training Inc. Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Nick Leaton wrote: > > John G. Volan wrote: > > > Eiffel - Possibly the best language in the world - unless proven > > > otherwise. > > > > Hmm. To paraphrase -- who was it? Winston Churchill? -- perhaps you > > should say "Eiffel is the worst language on Earth ... except for all the > > others!" :-) > > > > Actually it comes from a lager advertisment. Heiniken, where it was the > slogan. > > -- > > Nick The quote Jon is referring to is, I believe, from Winston Churchill, and is roughly "Democracy is the worst system of government, except for all the others." I assume you mean YOUR quote comes from the Heiniken advert. No offense or argument intended, I just happen to like the Churchill quote and wanted the attributions clear. Sam Mize