Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] ecb instead of ec

[Bernd S. <be...@fa...>]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:44:35 +0100, Eric Bezault <er...@go...>  
wrote:

> Bernd Schoeller wrote:
>> Is there any reason why 'geant' uses ISE's 'ec' and not 'ecb' for   
>> compilation? 'ecb' seems is much lighter and significantly faster to   
>> compile code.
>
> The reason is that geant was implemented well before ecb was created.
> This can be changed of course. But to have faster compilation I suggest
> using gec ;-)

I would love(!) to switch to GEC at any time, IF I the final details of  
GEC could be implemented (e.g. contract checking, multi-threading,  
internal). It is a pity that we have a very fast compiler that is 90%  
ready for production.

(This is just to motivate you! Keep up the good work :-) )

Bernd