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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f039470e8f537101 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-28 11:01:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: aek@vib.usr.pu.ru (Alexander Kopilovitch) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Non-philosophical definition of Eiffel? (was: Re: Ariane5 FAQ) Date: 28 Jul 2003 11:01:06 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: <1058968422.225561@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F200AD0.94F79098@adaworks.com> <7u9Ua.13412$634.10307@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> <3F215120.1040706@attbi.com> <1059151910.357790@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.152.82.81 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1059415267 1644 127.0.0.1 (28 Jul 2003 18:01:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jul 2003 18:01:07 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40905 Date: 2003-07-28T18:01:07+00:00 List-Id: Berend de Boer wrote: > Alexander> You must know well that one thing Ada advocates are > Alexander> proud of is Ada's capability to carry more information > Alexander> about programmer's intentions and decisions directly in > Alexander> source code than other general-purpose programming > Alexander> languages. > >Except requirements it seems. And I think you should have a look at >Design By Contract and in particular Eiffel. Can you tell me where can I read about Eiffel *without* being fed with several hundred pages about that Design By Contract? I simply can't read that things, all I saw about it seemed trivial for me (at least as it was presented), and I almost fell asleep after several pages. I'm willing to read about the Eiffel programming language just because several definitely competent people have said good words about it, but not the philosophy of its author, so far. So, is there a definitive book about Eiffel programming language, but without too many pages about Design By Contract? Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia