Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 26th Nov 2005 17:02 UTC, submitted by Megatux
"I followed the debate about a successor for the C/C++ combination as the primary language for developing the GNOME core desktop platform very closely last month. There has been discussion about a number of options. What I would like to do on this page is give an overview how a probably less well-known language might be a viable compromise as a C/C++ successor. This language is called Eiffel and exists for over a decade. Eiffel takes the principle of Object-Oriented programming to its extremes and, as a consequence, is a very easy to learn language."
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First, Eiffel does *great* on benchmarks, very close to gcc.
Second, its Design By Contract is a great enhancement to squash bugs in their conception.
Third, there's SmartEiffel, another *serious* technology devloped by French INRIA ("France's MIT").
Fourth, SmartEiffel is Free Software.
Fifth, it is fully object-oriented.
Now, *this* is the way to go. *Finally* people are begining to use their brains!