Short:    Eiffel compiler and additional libraries
Author:   The Sofa Team
Uploader: Thomas Aglassinger <agi@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>
Version:  1.0
Type:     dev/lang
Requires: AmigaOS 3.x, 68020
Kurz:     Eiffel Compiler und weitere Bibliotheken

TITLE

  Sofa - SmallEiffel obviously fits Amiga

VERSION

  1.0

AUTHOR

  The Sofa Team

DESCRIPTION

  Sofa is the Amiga distribution of SmallEiffel, the GNU Eiffel
  compiler. It also includes the Gobo data structures library and
  parser generator tools.

  Eiffel is an advanced object-oriented programming language that
  emphasizes the design and construction of high-quality and reusable
  software. It supports the concept of "Design by Contract" to improve
  software correctness, allowing a program to validate its consistency
  during run time. Interfaces to other languages such as C and C++ are
  supported.

  Eiffel's design addresses many practical concerns that software
  engineers face when creating complex software. It has an elegant
  design and programming style, and is easy to learn.

FEATURES

  - supports incremental compilation
  - compiles to native C code or Java byte code

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  - a C compiler (SAS/c or GCC) or Java byte code interpreter

AVAILABILITY

  - Aminet mirrors, for example
    ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/lang/sofa.lha

PRICE

  Freeware.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

  Freely distributable. All material included in Sofa is distributed
  under some open source license, such as Eiffel Forum License, the
  GNU General Public License or the Mozilla Public License. Refer to
  the documentation of the respective tool or library for details.