Re: Liberty-eiffel Digest, Vol 53, Issue 13

[Paolo Redaelli]

Il 20/02/22 23:00, Eric Bezault ha scritto:

> On
>       20/02/2022 22:30, Hans Zwakenberg wrote:
>       
> > with this, I can fully agree, as far as
> >         using non-LE tools with LE.  I'd love to be able to use Gelint
> >         with LE...
> >         
> >         
> >         Having said that, if the Eiffel market leader decides to go
> >         another way, would you want to have committed to following the
> >         market leader, merely to have a compatible compiler?
> >         
> >       
>       
>       LE has been dormant (to be honest, I thought it was dead) for 3
>       years.
>       
>       During these years, the company I work for and some other users of
>       Gobo
>       
>       were still using ISE Eiffel. So yes, following the market leader
>       was
>       
>       the best choice.
>       
>       
>       Will it still be the best choice in 2 or 3 years from now?
>       
>       Perhaps LE will be dead again by then. Perhaps ISE will decide to
>       
>       go another way and therefore break the code of all its customers.
>       
>       We'll see...
>       
>       
>

Wise words, I would say. LE was dormant. Almost "dead", and it was my fault. I promised Cyril I would have helped then I "disappeared".

I've so much work to do.

I pray I will be given the will and the intellectual strength for the efforts...