From: Patrick.Schoenbach@... (Patrick Schoenbach)
Date: 2000-12-15T08:10:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7260] Re: Ruby in Ruby

MICHAEL.W.WILSON@CUSTOMS.TREAS.GOV wrote:

>     I'm pretty sure that I read something recently saying that the Eiffel 
>     which will be used in the .NET platform looses it's Design-By-Contract 
>     and Multiple Inheritance capabilities.  I don't really see that as a 
>     minor change.  Seems like a lot of hacking and slicing is occuring to 
>     make languages fit the .NET platform and it's restrictions.  I'm 
>     pretty sure that multiple inheritance is impossible in .NET as it just 
>     plain doesn't support it.  I could be wrong.

ISE is working on finding solutions to provide all Eiffel features on
NET. Eiffel#, the somewhat restricted Eiffel version is just a first
step. For a detailed description of the differences between Eiffel# and
Eiffel, see:

	http://www.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/eiffelsharp/white_paper.html

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Best regards,
Patrick



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