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[[Property:title|Common myths and misconceptions about Eiffel]]
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If this is true, then relatively speaking, we have to admit that Eiffel’s market share ''is'' considerably smaller than that of Visual Basic.
Despite that, it’s not correct to say that not many people use Eiffel. Eiffel licenses world wide number in the tens of thousands. If you use Eiffel, you are not alone. These license-holders have formed a lasting worldwide quorum. Many world-class organizations are committed now, and will continue to be committed to the Eiffel framework. There is support through your maintenance contract with Eiffel Software. Help and information are available online in the form of the [https://www.eiffel.com/company/customers/ Eiffel Software users’ list] and websites like [http://community.eiffel.com/room/ EiffelRoom].
Despite that, it’s not correct to say that not many people use Eiffel. Eiffel licenses world wide number in the tens of thousands. If you use Eiffel, you are not alone. These license-holders have formed a lasting worldwide quorum. Many world-class organizations are committed now, and will continue to be committed to the Eiffel framework. There is support through your maintenance contract with Eiffel Software. Help and information are available online in the form of the [https://www.eiffel.com/company/customers/ Eiffel Software users’ list] and websites like [https://www.eiffel.org/ Eiffel.org].
Eiffel Software's dual licensing model gives developers the opportunity to learn Eiffel without a great initial financial commitment.
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Eiffel is more complete and functionally superior in most ways to every other commercially viable software development technology … and there are enough people around who recognize this (that quorum of users I mentioned earlier) to ensure that Eiffel will be around for a long time to come.
It’s possible that twenty-five years from now, there will be a significantly better software engineering idea … but certainly there hasn’t been anything that’s come close since Eiffel’s original design in 1985. In most areas, other technologies are playing “catch-up” to Eiffel.
It’s possible that twenty-five years from now, there will be a significantly better software engineering idea … but certainly, there hasn’t been anything that’s come close since Eiffel’s original design in 1985. In most areas, other technologies are playing “catch-up” to Eiffel.
Besides, Eiffel constantly implements refinements and new capabilities with minimal impact on existing software. [[Void-safe programming in Eiffel|Void-safe programming]] is an excellent example of this.

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=Online documentation set=
The [http://docs.eiffel.com docs.eiffel.com] site contains the online documentation for the Eiffel method, tools, and language. Within the documentation set are tutorials to help you learn about the Eiffel programming language and tools.
The [http://eiffel.org/documentation|eiffel.org/documentation] section contains the online documentation for the Eiffel method, tools, and language. Within the documentation set are tutorials to help you learn about the Eiffel programming language and tools.
==The Eiffel Tutorial==
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However, usually you will find that there are differences in the syntax supported by EiffelStudio's compiler and that defined in the current standard. The differences between the standard and the EiffelStudio implementation are summarized in the [[EiffelStudio release notes]] and in a [[Differences between standard ECMA-367 and Eiffel Software implementation|documentation page]] that is specific to that purpose.
Another [[Differences_between_ETL_2nd_printing_and__Eiffel_Software__implementation|a documentation page]] summarizes changes to the pre-ECMA definition of Eiffel as described in [[Eiffel-_The_Language|ETL-2 "Eiffel: The Language"]].