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From: bertrand@eiffel.UUCP (Bertrand Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel
Subject: Re: ISE Opinions of other Eiffel Implementations
Keywords: Eiffel, GNU
Message-ID: <158@eiffel.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 89 05:42:05 GMT
References: <14377@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Interactive Software Engineering, Santa Barbara CA
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From <14377@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> by davidh@dent.Berkeley.EDU (David S. Harrison):

>     What is the policy of Interactive Software Engineering
>     toward other implementations of Eiffel? 

It turns out I recently posted a message on this question. Since the
matter is commercial/political as much as technical I thought appropriate
to post it to comp.newprod, not comp.lang.eiffel (with a brief pointer
to it in the latter). The message reference is <157@eiffel.UUCP>.

    For anyone who just wants the gist of that message,
here are the two principal sentences:

          Interactive believes that Eiffel is poised to become one
    of the major programming languages and environments for the
    end of the 20th century and recognizes that availability from
    a number of different sources is a condition for widespread success.
    
          While the Eiffel name and design remain trademarks of Interactive,
    and Interactive will continue to ensure that the language retains
    the combination of simplicity and power that has made its success,
    Interactive will license, under reasonable royalty conditions, the
    use of the name to other parties interested in developing
    Eiffel-based tools. [E.g. compilers, interpreters.]

I hope this is clear enough. For more details read
the full message and contact us directly.

-- Bertrand Meyer
bertrand@eiffel.com