On 15 Oct 2010, at 11:38, Simon O'Riordan wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 10:50 +0100, Justin Stringfellow wrote:
> 
>> So, like C++, only better?
>> 
>> Hmm... that sounds like every other language on the planet*
>> 
>> cheers,
>> --justin
>> 
> You kidding? Writing a 'hello world' in Eiffel is like passing a
> boulder.

It's not _that_ bad:

class HELLO create make feature
    make is
        do print ("Hello World%N") end
end


I actually quite like Eiffel. The object model is fascinating and design by 
contract is interesting to play with.

Adrian
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