From: Norbert.Klamann at pobox.com (Norbert.Klamann at pobox.com)
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 05:28:28 GMT
Subject: Designing Large Systems with Python
References: <m37lqz0yoa.fsf@solo.david-steuber.com>
Message-ID: <7g669p$aer$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
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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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