Eiffel borrows quite openly from several earlier programming languages and I am sure that if we had found a good language construct in C we would have used it as well.
Correctness is clearly the prime quality. If a system does not do what it is supposed to do, then everything else about it matters little. - Bertrand Meyer
Correctness is clearly the prime quality. If a system does not do what it is supposed to do, then everything else about it matters little.
- Bertrand Meyer
I think Smalltalk is inappropriate for serious industrial developments. After all, run time is a little late to find out whether you have a landing g… - Bertrand Meyer
I think Smalltalk is inappropriate for serious industrial developments. After all, run time is a little late to find out whether you have a landing g…
Constants are widely known for the detestable practice of changing their values; we should prepare ourselves against the consequences of such ficklen… - Bertrand Meyer
Constants are widely known for the detestable practice of changing their values; we should prepare ourselves against the consequences of such ficklen…
I have always felt sympathy towards the biologists who accept to debate creationists. Now I also understand them better; one can fight opinions, not … - Bertrand Meyer
I have always felt sympathy towards the biologists who accept to debate creationists. Now I also understand them better; one can fight opinions, not …
Ask not first what the system does; ask what it does it to! - Bertrand Meyer
Ask not first what the system does; ask what it does it to!
The role of a trainer or consultant is to empower the customer, not to make himself indispensable - Bertrand Meyer
The role of a trainer or consultant is to empower the customer, not to make himself indispensable
Software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification. - Bertrand Meyer
Software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification.
Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience… - Bertrand Meyer
Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience…
C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good - Bertrand Meyer
C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good
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