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THE EIFFEL LIBRARY KERNEL STANDARD, VINTAGE 95

Report identification

    TR-EI-48/KL: The Eiffel Library Kernel Standard. (Earlier title: The Proposed Eiffel Library Kernel Standard). Prepared for the Nonprofit International Consortium for Eiffel by:
    Interactive Software Engineering Inc.
    360 Storke Road,
    Goleta, CA 93117 USA
    Phone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
    Electronic Mail info@eiffel.com

Publication history

    First published: 14 July 1994.
    Version 5: 25 September 1994.
    Version 6: 10 October 1994.
    Version 7: 12 January 1995, integrating the result of the votes of the NICE library committee (December 1994) on classes ANY, PLATFORM and GENERAL..

    The present document is version 8, 4 June 1995, designed as vintage 95 library standard. The HTML version was prepared on 24 June 1995.

Authors

    The document was written by Bertrand Meyer and for versions up to 7 benefited from numerous discussions with Michael Schweitzer.

    The substance (the kernel specification) is the result of a collective effort with contributions from:
    Eric Bezault (ISE, Santa Barbara)
    Roger Browne (Everything Eiffel, Great Britain)*
    Didier Dupont (SOL, Paris)
    Fred Hart (Tower Technology, Atlanta)*
    Aaron Hillegas (Tower Technology, Atlanta)
    Rock Howard (Tower Technology, Austin)*
    Paul Johnson (GEC-Marconi, Great Britain)**
    Xavier Le Vourch (ISE, Santa Barbara)
    David Morgan (ISE, Santa Barbara)
    Bertrand Meyer (ISE, Santa Barbara)
    Christine Mingins (Monash University, Melbourne), chairman of the NICE library committee
    Michael Schweitzer (Swissoft, Göttingen)*
    Philippe Stephan (SCENEC, Paris)
    Robert Switzer (Swissoft, Göttingen, and University of Göttingen)*
    Steve Tynor (Tower Technology, Atlanta)*
    Dino Valente (ISE, Santa Barbara)
    The influence of the Gustave kernel proposal (authors marked * above) and the GEC-Marconi kernel proposal (author marked ** above) is gratefully acknowledged.

Copyright notice

    Copyright © Nonprofit International Consortium for Eiffel (NICE), 1995. Use and duplication of this document for the work of NICE, in conformance with the bylaws and regulations of NICE, or by members of NICE for any purpose, is permitted provided the present copyright notice is included in every copy. Any other use or duplication requires the permission of the copyright holder:
    Nonprofit International Consortium for Eiffel
    P.O. Box 6884
    Santa Barbara, CA 93160 USA
    Electronic mail nice@atlanta.twr.com
 

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