C++ considered disenchanting

[Bertrand Meyer]

In article <335 at pvab.UUCP>, robert at pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) writes:

> 
> Interactive charges a lot of money for the Eiffel compiler and tools.
>

	Just how much money constitutes ``a lot of money'' is a matter of opinion
and you are free to have your own. Just two comments for the record:

1	- Eiffel is a commercial product; its developers have neither the
	resources of a giant corporation nor the government funds which would
	permit them to indulge in dumping. However we believe our prices are
	quite reasonable when compared to other CASE tools and to other
	commercial implementations of object-oriented languages. For academic
	users, cheap licenses are available.

2	- Whatever individual opinions may be, I would hate to let the idea
	that ``Eiffel is great but only rich people can afford it'' become part
	of accepted wisdom. The net is not the appropriate place to post a price
	list but I urge any interested party to get concrete pricing information
	from the appropriate source.

-- Bertrand Meyer

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