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<chapterinfo>
	<copyright>
		<year>2001-2005</year>
		<holder>Eric Bezault</holder>
	</copyright>
	<author>
		<firstname>Eric</firstname><surname>Bezault</surname>
	</author>
	<email>ericb@gobosoft.com</email>
	<date>8 March 2005</date>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Supported Eiffel Compilers</title>

<para>
The classes provided in the <projectname>Gobo Eiffel</projectname> package should 
compile and work without any change on the three currently maintained Eiffel 
compilers: <ulink url="http://www.eiffel.com">ISE Eiffel</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://smarteiffel.loria.fr">SmartEiffel</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://www.object-tools.com/products/VisualEiffel.html">Visual Eiffel</ulink>. 
In order to make things easier, only the latest public release of each compiler 
will be supported. This latest release can be a beta version provided that it is 
deemed stable enough, as it is often the case for SmartEiffel for example.
</para>

<para>
The currently supported Eiffel compilers are:
</para>

<para>
<itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>
    	<ulink url="http://www.eiffel.com/downloads/index.html#studio">ISE Eiffel 5.5/5.6</ulink>
    </para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>
    	<ulink url="http://smarteiffel.loria.fr/general/download.html">SmartEiffel 1.0/2.2b1</ulink>
    </para></listitem>    
    <listitem><para>
    	<ulink url="http://www.object-tools.com/products/VisualEiffel.html">VisualEiffel 5.0b</ulink>
    </para></listitem> 
</itemizedlist>
</para>

<para>
Developers should use these compilers when <link linkend="test">testing</link> 
their libraries.
</para>

</chapter>
