Re: Dr. Meyer Addresses ECMA Standard and Backward Compatability

On 10/05/2005, at 8:35 PM, Frank Salter wrote:

>>> Dr Meyer ... appears to presume that his  experience exercises  
>>> all possible mechanisms of Eiffel usage...
>>
>> ... Where does he  appear to presume this?
>
> ...  To answer your question; quote.. "It's very hard to convey  
> immediately the result of three years of work, with painful  
> discussions of hundreds of topics, having often devoted hours to  
> the resolution of a minute issue or very rare special case. And of  
> course no such effort can be perfect; we expect that problems will  
> be found."

Sorry, but that isn't a presumption "that his experience exercises  
all possible mechanisms of Eiffel usage." In fact, he presumes the  
opposite: that people will find problems with his work. The quote  
above suggests that he'd be interested in seeing your findings.

- Peter Gummer