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From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson)
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Subject: Re: Eiffel for the Amiga?
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.164526.10764@ericsson.se>
Date: 25 Jan 91 16:45:26 GMT
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In article <9241@cognos.UUCP> stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) writes:
>In article <ROSENBER.91Jan19212914@ra.abo.fi> rosenber@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF) writes:
>>
>>Who is doing the port? Company, address, phone, fax.
>
>    As far as I know, ISE is still the only company making an eiffel
>compiler (unfortunately), so that would have to be the one that could
>be ported.  The ISE compiler generates C code, so you would need a 
>compatible C compiler as well.
>
>

I have gotten mail from the guy who is doing the port. He says that he
has never given any release date, since he doesn't want to add to the
amount of vaporware. If he is the only one doing an Eiffel port to Amiga
Dos, there will not be Eiffel on Amiga Dos in the third quarter of '91.

Yes, Eiffel compilers generate C code. This is nothing bad att all, as
it makes porting to new platforms easier (especially Unix platforms).
It also helps to give an interface between existing C code and Eiffel
code that is usable (it has to compete with C++).

>
>-- 
>Stewart Winter               Cognos Incorporated   S-mail: P.O. Box 9707
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Tommy Petersson
etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se