Eiffel Software Announces Release of EiffelStudio 5.2 for Linux

Provides Ideal Way to Efficiently Build Business-Critical Systems on and for Linux

Santa Barbara, California - (November 18, 2002) - Eiffel Software today announced the release of EiffelStudio^TM for Linux. EiffelStudio is the flagship product of the company that created the Eiffel Development Framework^TM, a simple and powerful system for developing robust, scalable, reusable software applications.

Widely regarded as a thorough, well-planned programming language, the Eiffel language serves as the foundation for the EiffelStudio development environment. Because of the efficiency of the language and the powerful tools in the environment, EiffelStudio's users are demonstrating that they can produce 2 to as much as 10 times as much usable software in the same amount of time as they can using other popular languages. Eiffel has thus gained specific prominence in recent years among developers and design team leaders in challenging enterprise environments, as well as among independent development teams who create high-quality applications for smaller- to medium-sized companies.

"With the release today of EiffelStudio 5.2 for Linux, we are building on the enormous momentum we have experienced since the release of our Windows version a few weeks ago," states Chris Ambarian, VP of Sales and Marketing for Eiffel Software. "The trend in the development market is toward an open environment where developers need to write and run applications on multiple platforms and systems. With EiffelStudio, developers and architects can solve a myriad of challenging situations involving multiple languages and multiple platforms."

"We are especially pleased to be able to contribute to the gathering support for easier multi-platform work in general, and for the Linux platform in particular. EiffelStudio brings to Linux developers the most powerful, flexible and productive development environment available on any platform, and makes it much easier now to develop serious applications in Linux. It is of course a huge benefit that the applications developed in EiffelStudio on Linux can also be effortlessly ported to almost any other platform with a few mouse clicks."

EiffelStudio 5.2 is Eiffel Software's most sophisticated offering for Linux yet. Functional improvements include:

A faster, more efficient compiler
A completely redesigned EiffelBuild, Eiffel Software's cross-platform GUI builder that enables developers to create applications that work identically on different platforms
Major improvements to its already excellent debugger
Improved speed of roundtrip interactions between the CASE tool and editor
Ability to call external tools easily from within EiffelStudio

Because of its openness, developing with EiffelStudio 5.2 is a great way to create robust, reusable objects and libraries that can run on a wide variety of platforms including Linux, Unix, VMS, Windows, and embedded systems. Eiffel Software also reports that EiffelStudio very naturally supports many of the philosophies and practices found in XP and agile programming. Its native Design by Contract™ feature makes it especially easy to create code that developers can safely, reliably use to create business-critical, virtually unbreakable applications.

Availability:

The Enterprise Edition of EiffelStudio 5.2 is shipping to Eiffel Software's existing customers this week. Eiffel Software indicates that a non-time-limited Free Edition download is available now at their download site, http://www.eiffel.com/downloads, to allow new users to preview the software at their leisure before purchasing. Onsite training and consulting are also available on the Eiffel Software website.

Eiffel Software (a division of ISE) is the world leader in Eiffel "true object-oriented" programming tools. Founded in 1985, Eiffel Software produces proven professional tools and component libraries for business-critical and enterprise software developments. Eiffel Software's products enable their customers to output more and higher-quality software in less time than with any other development tools available. Its users span the globe, in industries ranging from large financial institutions, to technology manufacturing, to government and defense contractors, to health care providers and more. For more information, contact us or call (805) 685-1006.

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