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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> In comp.lang.eiffel Philippe Ribet wrote:
> : But never forget, each time you need extreme performance or
> : very specific instructions, you can use C code (inline or external
> : function call).
>
> Is SmartEiffel just using the C calling convention (allowing a host
> of languages) or must it be a C program at the other end?
> (Proven and efficient matrix multiplication is not always written
> in C.)
>
You can either inline real C code or call an external function. For an
external function, C syntax is used to describe parameters only, then
you link with an object file where this function is compiled into
(original language can be Fortran, it works fine).
--
Philippe Ribet
The README file said
"Requires Windows 95, NT 4.0, or better."
So... I installed it on Linux!