I2E: Invitation to Eiffel Copyright

Title: Invitation to Eiffel, Eiffel Software Technical Report TR-EI-67/IV.

Publication history

First published 1987. Some revisions (in particular Web versions) have used the title "Eiffel in a Nutshell"
This version: July 2001. Introduces coverage of agents; several other improvements. Corresponds to release 5.0 of the EiffelStudio environment.

Author

Bertrand Meyer

Software Credits

See acknowledgments in book Eiffel: The Language.

Cover Design

Rich Ayling.

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Copyright Interactive Software Engineering Inc. (Eiffel Software), 2001. May not be reproduced in any form (including electronic storage) without the written permission of Eiffel Software . "Eiffel Power" and the Eiffel Power logo are trademarks of Eiffel Software . All uses of the product documented here are subject to the terms and conditions of the Eiffel Software Eiffel user license. Any other use or duplication is a violation of the applicable laws on copyright, trade secrets and intellectual property.

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