Right and wrong: ten choices in language design

2022/11/29 by Bertrand Meyer, Meyer, Bertrand · 4 voices
Computer Science · #Natural Language Processing Techniques #cs.PL

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2211.16597

openalex publication_date 2022/11/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A description of language design choices that have profound effects on software quality, criticism of how ordinary OO languages address them, and explanation of the thinking behind Eiffel's corresponding mechanisms.

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