Designing Large Systems with Python
Norbert.Klamann at pobox.com
Norbert.Klamann at pobox.com
Wed Apr 28 01:28:28 EDT 1999
In article <m37lqz0yoa.fsf at solo.david-steuber.com>,
David Steuber <trashcan at david-steuber.com> wrote:
> Meanwhile, languages like Ansi Common Lisp have had features that
> allow you to prototype and build a large system at the same time.
> That is, the specification of the system becomes the system.
A good principle for this would be 'Design by Contract'.
The ideal language for that IMHO would be Eiffel.
See http://www.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/language/intro/
for an introduction by the inventor of the language, Bertrand Meyer
see also
http://www.eiffel-forum.org/
and the links at http://www.elj.com/
> People
> have done the same thing with Visual Basic, so I am told.
>
Very bad idea, as already pointed out
>
So long !
Norbert
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Norbert Klamann
Klamann Software & Beratung
Erftstadt Germany
Klamann.Software at pobox.com
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