Re: Is Smart Eiffel ready for large-scale application ?

Arnaud Payement wrote:
> Hello, 
Hello,
> I think mainly about 3D games. That is why I search an efficient language,
> which could be easily used with C (or inline assembly) in critical parts of
> the code. I am currently looking for something different from the ugly but
> industry standard C++. 
If you search for efficiency, SmartEiffel is for you. Furthermore, I 
have said "SmartEiffel" and not "Eiffel". We won't implement what can 
make our code slow even if it comes in the standard. Furthermore, I 
don't like public bashing, but it is well knowned that our generated C 
code is very good (no to say the best, probably ;-).
> Many reports point out that the big majority of game
> development studios do not have a good approach in front of software quality
> and waste a lot of time in debugging. That is why I am interested by
> contract programming. I think Eiffel could be great to handle the main part
> of the application, while C should be used for hardware communications
> (which handle shaders and geometry). We already have a few thousand lines of
> codes in C++, which should be ported to Eiffel, so before making the step, I
> would like to have the point of view of people who really know the language
> and the compiler. The is project is in its early stage but it should imply
> up to five computer science engineer and take between 12 and 18 months.
Thank you for this information.
PS: I guess you are French ? True or wrong, do not hesitate to ring my
phone below, if you want.
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