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# MANUAL IDENTIFICATION AND 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.

## Copyright notice and proprietary information

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.

## Special duplication permission for educational institutions

Degree-granting educational institutions using Eiffel Software Eiffel for teaching purposes as part of the Eiffel University Partnership Program may be permitted under certain conditions to copy specific parts of this book. Contact Eiffel Software for details.

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## For more information

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Eiffel Software Building,
356 Storke Road,
Goleta,
CA, 93117
USA.
Telephone 805-685-1006,
Fax 805-685-6869

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