NICE Standards

List of Standards

ID and short name	Title	Description	Status	Download
NICE-5	THE "CREATE" INSTRUCTION	This specification amends the Eiffel syntax to add a new construct for object creation, to be known as the "create" instruction.	Adopted January 2002	TXT (2kB)
NICE-4 (ELKS2001)	ELKS 2001 STRING	This specification updates the ELKS STRING class, replacing the STRING class specified in NICE-2.	Adopted August 2001	TXT (32kB)
NICE-3 (ELKS2000)	ELKS 2000 ARRAY	This specification updates the ELKS ARRAY class, replacing the ARRAY class specified in NICE-2.	Adopted April 2000	TXT (13kB)
NICE-2 (ELKS1995)	Eiffel Library Kernel Standard, 1995 Vintage	The Eiffel Library Kernel Standard defines the key library classes. There are also a few language changes that update NICE-1.	Adopted 1996	PDF (120kB)
NICE-1 (ETL2)	Eiffel The Language 2nd Printing	Bertrand Meyer's book describes the Eiffel language, and was adopted by NICE as the language standard.	Adopted 1992	N/A

NICE-1 is a published book: Eiffel The Language by Bertrand Meyer (Prentice-Hall 1992), ISBN 0-13-247925-7. Be sure to get the second or later printing.

A later document, Eiffel The Reference by Bertrand Meyer, is a concise reference of the syntax and semantics of Eiffel. Eiffel The Reference is not an official NICE standard.