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From: jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel
Subject: Does 2.2 exist???
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Date: 21 Sep 89 20:13:32 GMT
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Reply-To: jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT  06520-2158
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Here at Yale, we've had Eiffel 2.1 since last January.  We've been waiting
eagerly for the 2.2 version to reach us, since (among other considerations)
it has features I need to start implementing my thesis.

Several weeks ago, we were told that it would ship "in a couple of days".
After two weeks of waiting, we called again and were told that "there were
some last-minute bugs, but they've been fixed and it will ship to you in
a day or two."  We have not yet seen hide nor hair of the release.

Has *anyone* out there actually received Eiffel 2.2?  Does it live up to its
billing?  I seem to remember someone mentioning that they had been getting
stung along by ISE in much the same way that we have been.

I call on someone at ISE to post explaining the real status of Eiffel 2.2,
and to let us know, no b*llsh*t, how stable it is and when it'll probably
ship.

Rob Jellinghaus                | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a
jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU |  bad decision being made out of sheer ignor-
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