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   Dan Cross to johnrreagan@earthlink.net   
   Re: ISO: The Eiffel OO programming langu   
   28 Mar 25 03:10:35   
   
   From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article ,   
   John Reagan   wrote:   
   >I actually contacted one of the Rust folks a few years back but haven't   
   >kept up the connection.   
   >   
   >I really like Eiffel.  Actually one of the languages that influenced the   
   >Extended Pascal standard was Eiffel.  Of course, you can see how well   
   >that crushed in the market.  C++26's contracts finally gets to something   
   >that Eiffel did from the beginning.   
   >   
   >As I mentioned in another post, I do want to provide the LLVM libs for   
   >OpenVMS either thru the actual LLVM repo or with something on the side.   
   >   
   >Having help for Rust (or other languages) once we have the libraries in   
   >place, would be great.  I'm all for that.  I just have to convince VSI   
   >mgmt to do that.  Anybody want to approach them (Rust or one of their   
   >users)?   
      
   Rust isn't a monolith, but I can ask through a back channel if   
   anyone from the community may be interested in helping with a   
   VMS port.  I don't know if the requisite mixture of interest,   
   time, and VMS expertise and access is readily available, though.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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