Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer and Eiffel Software, described in a 1985 paper as a language for building reliable, reusable software, and first released commercially in 1986. Eiffel is used in various sectors, including aerospace, banking, video-gaming, and railway transportation. Eiffel is centered on Design by Contract, an approach Meyer pioneered that embeds preconditions, postconditions and class invariants directly into the language.
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First Released ParadigmObject-oriented, design by contract 2 SignificanceIntroduced design by contract as a core language feature, an idea later echoed in modified form by Java, C# and other languages. 2 Classification
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Eiffel was conceived in 1985 to increase the reliability of commercial software development.
Eiffel was designed to make commercial software more reliable. Bertrand Meyer conceived the language in 1985 with the goal of increasing the reliability of commercial software development, and the first version became available in 1986. Eiffel later became an ISO-standardized language, in 2005.
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1. Wikidata: Eiffel
- Wikidata Q732089, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
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The first version was released in 1986.
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Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer (an object-orientation proponent and author of Object-Oriented Software Construction) and Eiffel Software.
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Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer (an object-orientation proponent and author of Object-Oriented Software Construction) and Eiffel Software. Meyer conceived the language in 1985 with the goal of increasing the reliability of commercial software development.
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Eiffel, design by contract
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