Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!ethz!marti From: marti@ethz.UUCP (Robert Marti) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel Subject: Re: Eiffel-generated C ... (actually: reliance on promises) Message-ID: <2205@ethz.UUCP> Date: 10 Oct 89 09:14:40 GMT References: <73293@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <345@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> Organization: ETH Zuerich Lines: 22 In article , jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) writes: > ... If suppliers do not meet their ship dates, it can have a serious > ripple effect that can cost dollars and jobs. ... > ... In the future, Dr. Meyer, please attempt to keep your customers > informed at the earliest possible time in a slippage in delivery dates. > This will help us make lower-risk planning decisions. Forgive me for jumping on you, BUT: People who rely on release dates promised by a vendor for a critical project have only themselves to blame if reality diverges from the promises made. I agress that a vendor should inform its customers about slippages as early as possible, though. By the way: Much as I like the elegance of Eiffel, ther ARE other programming languages around -- even object-oriented ones. -- Robert Marti Phone: +41 1 256 52 36 Institut fur Informationssysteme ETH-Zentrum CSNET/ARPA: marti%inf.ethz.ch@relay.cs.net CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland UUCP: ...uunet!mcvax!ethz!marti