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From: Eoin@copse.demon.co.uk (Eoin Woods)
Subject: Re: The disturbing myth of Eiffel portability
Date: 1996/11/17
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In article <3294e64b.74799475@news2.ibm.net>
           cjames3@ibm.net "The Rt Rev'd Colin James III, KOTM 1/96" writes:

> In other words, the reason that banks generally have learned to avoid C due
> to floating point problems is not solved at all but rather propagated and
> worsened by the questionable strategic decision to adopt Eiffel.
This is abolute rubbish!  (As usual from CJIII).  I work (as a consultant) at
banks a LOT - they ALL use C as a mainstream development language (whether
or not they *should* is a different question!)

Eoin.
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Eoin Woods, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD1 1PD, UK
Email:      Eoin@copse.demon.co.uk