Comment by fuzztester
2 months ago
Interesting, thanks.
Did you ever check out Eiffel for systems programming work?
I had been checking it out some years ago, and apart from the general points about it, one use of it that I found interesting was in an article about using it for creating HP printer drivers. The author had mentioned some concrete benefits that they found from using it for that purpose.
Edit: I searched for that article, and found it:
Eiffel for embedded systems at Hewlett-Packard:
I learned it once long ago, but never used it for anything other than that learning experience. I did like its concepts, though the language itself didn't quite stick with me.