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Re: Eiffel for 386BSD (and other freebie un

#1100
From: Chris Flatters
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:08
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In article 93Jan8141550@hendrix.gssec.bt.co.uk, fyoung@gssec.bt.co.uk (Fraser Young) writes:
>In article <1993Jan4.003214.19930@nrao.edu> cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) writes:
>
>|>    I'm just wondering if ISE or SIG Computing would be willing to produce a
>|>    cut-price Eiffel package for 386BSD.  386BSD is Bill Jolitz' freely distributable
>|>    implementation of BSD Unix for Intel 80386-based PC/AT clones (I suspect that
>|>    porting ISE Eiffel 2.3 would require little more than a recompile).
>|> 
>|>    I think I would be willing to pay in the range of $300-$400 (or less, of
>|>    course) for a full Eiffel development system on my home machine and I think
>|>    that there is a chance that others would too.  Any takers?
>
>I would like to know if there is a version available for Linux?
>the cheaper the better |:|
>
>BTW I'm v. sad to hear the GNU project is not looking at Eiffel.

This actually means that no one has volunteered to write a Eiffel compiler
and release it under the GPL (well, actually, 2 or 3 people have volunteered
but they all seem to have fallen by the wayside for one reason or another).

	Chris Flatters
	cflatter@nrao.edu
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