1162 EPILOGUE,IN FULL FRANKNESS EXPOSING THE LANGUAGE Even so,keeping the language name away from the discussion (except for a few hints that the alert reader may have noted)has enabled us to concentrate on the method. This is a little paradoxical,since one of the language's principal claims is that,alone among O-0 languages,it is also a method,avoiding the gap between concept and expression,between analysis and design,between design and implementation,which plagues common O-O approaches and threatens to defeat some of the principal advantages of object technology.Not even the brightest-eyed Java or Smalltalk enthusiast will allege that his language of choice is a general-purpose tool for design,let alone analysis;and users of popular analysis notations such as OMT know that they must move to something else when it comes to producing the actual software.The ambition of the method-notation developed in this book is higher:to fulfill one of the main premises and promises of object technology,seamlessness,by serving as a faithful assistant that will accompany you throughout the software construction process. Literary conventions have an end,so the time has now come,at the close of our extended tour of the beauties of object-oriented software construction,after thanking the reader for patiently going along,through all these pages,with the pedagogical pretense of an anonymous language,to lift the very thin veil that covered the name of our notation: welcome to the world of Eiffel.1162 EPILOGUE, IN FULL FRANKNESS EXPOSING THE LANGUAGE Even so, keeping the language name away from the discussion (except for a few hints that the alert reader may have noted) has enabled us to concentrate on the method. This is a little paradoxical, since one of the language’s principal claims is that, alone among O-O languages, it is also a method, avoiding the gap between concept and expression, between analysis and design, between design and implementation, which plagues common O-O approaches and threatens to defeat some of the principal advantages of object technology. Not even the brightest-eyed Java or Smalltalk enthusiast will allege that his language of choice is a general-purpose tool for design, let alone analysis; and users of popular analysis notations such as OMT know that they must move to something else when it comes to producing the actual software. The ambition of the method-notation developed in this book is higher: to fulfill one of the main premises and promises of object technology, seamlessness, by serving as a faithful assistant that will accompany you throughout the software construction process. Literary conventions have an end, so the time has now come, at the close of our extended tour of the beauties of object-oriented software construction, after thanking the reader for patiently going along, through all these pages, with the pedagogical pretense of an anonymous language, to lift the very thin veil that covered the name of our notation: welcome to the world of Eiffel