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Is Eiffel transparent in .NET?

April 26, 2017Eiffel transparent

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Is Eiffel transparent in .NET?

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Yes. Eiffel for .NET can be used in exactly the same way as classic Eiffel and no extra language constructs are required to produce applications. Eiffel brings quite a few unique and powerful features to .NET. Most noticeably it is the only .NET language to offer multiple inheritance and genericity since the first version of the .NET Framework. These two mechanisms are an indispensable aid to creating fully reusable software in a truly object-oriented way. Eiffel for .NET also brings the full benefits of Design By Contract, ensuring correctness of the software text, reliability, and robustness. Whilst some other .NET languages do support contract mechanisms, Eiffel for .NET is the only one to support them natively, as an actual language construct. Eiffel also brings some existing libraries to .NET, so aside from being able to use other .NET libraries such as Windows.Forms for graphical elements you could instead use Eiffel’s WEL or EiffelVision2 libraries. EiffelVision2 is a particular