This is the very first release with the name SmartEiffel!
(Previous releases were named SmallEiffel.)

The main changes between SmallEiffel -0.74 and SmartEiffel 1.0 RC 2 are:

• Name changed from SmallEiffel to SmartEiffel!
• Version numbering: now, versions are numbered from 1.0 beta 1 upward
• The new and significantly updated web site for SmartEiffel is http://SmartEiffel.loria.fr. (The web site for the former SmallEiffel remains, but is not updated any more).
• The new Reference keyword is now implemented. Use reference INTEGER instead of INTEGER_REF. INTEGER_REF will become obsolete.
• The new INTEGER_GENERAL, INTEGER_8, INTEGER_16, INTEGER_32, INTEGER_64 types are now implemented.
• After long discussions, we have decided to stick to our decision for the type of integer constants (as an example, 127 is of type INTEGER_8 and 128 is of type INTEGER_16 and so on). Actually, we think that this is the most consistent choice. We also noticed that it does not break a lot of code. The only one exception seems to be the manifest array <<>> notation. For this latest point, we are going to propose to ECMA a new notation which allows the creation of any kind of collection and which removes this INTEGER_* problem. Sorry for the inconvenience and stay tuned :)
• 64-bit architectures supported.
• Internal improvements in the type system (better C code produced)
• Buffered I/O. You may get big improvements on programs performing lots of file reading or writing (STD_INPUT and STD_OUTPUT are also buffered).
• The short command now has the "-client" option (see short command manual for more details).
• The "tcc" C compiler is now supported, use release 0.9.14 or better (see http://www.tinycc.org). Always using -no_split is probably a good choice.
• As suggested on our mailing list, there are now two new classes in order to remove some definitions from GENERAL (see class MATH_CONSTANTS and class CHARACTER_CONSTANTS).
• As asked recently on our mailing list, the new notation for free operators is now implemented. Even if our implementation is quite close to the new and upcoming ETL, it does not follow it exactely. Sorry. In order to avoid parsing problems we decided for example to reject >> as a possible free operator. We also decided to accept more free operators to remain compatible with the old syntax (as an example, there are a lot of such operators in gobo). Note: free operators must not include letters nor digits.
• Type mark must now follow the Precursor keyword.
• Fixed the bug recently reported by Wolfgang Jansen. (Well isolated bug report, thanks!) This bug was related to expanded objects and the twin feature.
• Fixed the -manifest_string_trace bug recently reported by Alexis Saettler. (Well isolated bug as well, thanks!)
• Relaxed the redefinition rule for like Current (a brand new decision just made during the very last 18th Nov. 2002 ECMA meeting). In a few words, the new rules now allow you to redefine a "like Current" type mark into some hard-coded type mark (e.g. "FOO"). Note that we think this new rule significantly improves things for is_equal (which should be of interest for the NICE group members). So we applied it in our NUMBER library implementation of is_equal (like Current is now changed to NUMBER) and changed the postcondition of is_equal in GENERAL (ensure assertion relaxed to no longer call standard_is_equal).
• If you're using lcc-win32 as a C compiler with SmartEiffel, a bug was present in lcc that caused problems with our new release. Jacob Navia was kind enough to fix it and provide a new version dated Friday, 29-Nov-2002. So please use the most recent version of lcc-win32 from http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/
• New Cygwin directory notation is now supported. Recent Cygwin systems will be automatically detected while install.
• Other "secret" goodies maturing in the source code, which should be available in a future release. If you're curious, you may want to hunt them down to see what's going on.
• Improved internal lab process to more easily provide professional support contracts (see premium support for more details).
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

• The new agent mechanism is now implemented. See tutorial/agent directory for examples.
• Added agent based features in class COLLECTION, ARRAY, FIXED_ARRAY, LINKED_LIST, TWO_WAY_LINKED_LIST, DICTIONARY, and SET. Names and signatures comes from ETL: actually, do_all, for_all and exists.
• The new create instruction/expression is now fully implemented and correctly pretty-printed. The new default_create feature mechanism is also implemented.
• The new manifest string notation for verbatim manifest string is now implemented as well as the new optional once keyword which may precede the manifest string itself. See also the new -manifest_string_trace flag documentation to track non-once manifest strings creations.
• Added examples for the new TUPLE type in directory tutorial/tuple.
• Added many new features in class MEMORY to tune the garbage collector. Those features may be useful for embedded applications. (See tutorial/memory for examples.)
• The external C interface is now compatible with the new ETL definition. (See directory tutorial/external/C for examples.)
• Added flag -high_memory_compiler to compile_to_c.
• The new name of class BASIC_TIME is now simply TIME (the old class is still there and tagged with the obsolete keyword). Added two new classes in SmallEiffel/lib/time: CLOCK and MICROSECOND_TIME. (See tutorial/time for examples.)
• Added class BINARY_FILE_READ, class BINARY_FILE_WRITE and class BINARY_FILE_READ_WRITE. Class STD_FILE_READ is renamed TEXT_FILE_READ. Class STD_FILE_WRITE is renamed TEXT_FILE_WRITE. Class STD_FILE_READ_WRITE is renamed TEXT_FILE_READ_WRITE. Old class are obsoleted.
• Added feature connect_append_to both in class TEXT_FILE_WRITE and BINARY_FILE_WRITE.
• Added a new class called SYSTEM which contains various system features: execute_command, get_environment_variable, set_environment_variable, etc. By the way, the old system feature of class GENERAL as well as the old get_environment_variable of class GENERAL are now obsolete.
• Added feature size_of and feature last_change_of in class FILE_TOOLS (see also tutorial/basic_time for examples).
• Added feature append_decimal_in and feature to_decimal in class NUMBER as well as a new example the tutorial/number directory.
• Added feature add both in class COLLECTION_SORTER and in class REVERSE_COLLECTION_SORTER.
• Added feature reference_at in class DICTIONARY.
• Added feature infix "+" in class POINTER.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

• Added ACE file support (ACE stands for Assembly of Classes in Eiffel). The most important advantage is that assertion level checking can now be selected differently for each class. This is also true for the runtime trace mechanism (-trace). In ACE file mode you have to provide a special *.ace file to drive the compiler. See tutorial/ace directory for examples. Note that the traditional command line mode will continue to be supported.
• There is now a powerful Eiffel level debugger with on-line help documentation. This debugger features step by step execution, navigation into the run-time stack, multi-conditions breakpoints, garbage collector invocation, profiling support, etc.. To use sedb (SmallEiffel DeBugger), just add the -trace flag in your traditional command line of compilation or activate the trace mode in your ACE file.
• Added a traditional -help flag for all commands to print a summary of available options.
• In ACE files as well as in "loadpath.se" files the ${SmallEiffelDirectory} environment variable is automatically defined using the value of the ${SmallEiffel} environment variable.
• Full compatibility with the new ELKS'2001 STRING class. Most modifications are simple renamings which are automatically pointed out by obsolete warnings. For obvious uniformity reasons, some other classes of the library have also been modified (ARRAY, LINKED_LIST, DICTIONARY, etc.). As an example, nb_occurrences of ARRAY is now obsolete and the obsolete warning tells you that occurrences is the new name to be used. This work is still a work in progress. Please, contact Arno Wagner (in charge of the STRING class modification) on our mailing list.
• The new TUPLE type is now implemented.
• Added class TIME_IN_GERMAN to handle date and time in German. See tutorial/basic_time for examples.
• Feature is_equal of class COMPARABLE is now ELKS compatible.
• Added feature internal_key in class DICTIONARY.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

• Full compatibility with the new ELKS'2000 ARRAY class. Most modifications are simple renamings which are automatically pointed out by obsolete warnings. For obvious uniformity reasons, some other classes of the library have also been modified. As an example, empty is always replaced with is_empty in all classes. The name all_cleared is always replaced with all_default. The most difficult problem is due to the fact that is_equal in ARRAY no longer uses the elements is_equal to compare them, but the basic '=' infix operator. For uniformity reasons, this has also been done for all COLLECTIONs as well as class DICTIONARY.
• Added feature is_equal_map for all COLLECTIONs (ARRAY, FIXED_ARRAY, LINKED_LIST, TWO_WAY_LINKED_LIST) and for class DICTIONARY. This is the replacement for the old implementation of is_equal (ie. is_equal_map use is_equal to compare elements).
• Added feature reindex in class ARRAY.
• Added a brand new class SET[E->HASHABLE].
• Added support for the Elate (Amiga) system as well as the vpcc C compiler.
• Added support for the QNX real time operating system.
• For feature dispose of class MEMORY (as well as redefinitions), the class invariant is no longer triggered.
• Added features atan2 and pow both in class REAL and DOUBLE.
• Internal implementation of BASIC_TIME revisited (using now a double for memorization).
• Implementation of class DICTIONARY completely revisited. Also added features add, item_map_in and key_map_in in the new class DICTIONARY.
• Added feature reverse in class COLLECTION (thus, this feature is available for all subclasses of COLLECTION (i.e. ARRAY, FIXED_ARRAY, LINKED_LIST and TWO_WAY_LINKED_LIST).
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

• Added in directory SmallEiffel the new install command (class install.e with a precompiled install.exe for Windows). This install.e class is the code for the installer of the SmallEiffel distribution it comes with, and is designed to be as portable as possible. This automatic installation program has already been tested for Windows/lcc-win32, Windows/bcc32, Linux/gcc, Solaris/gcc, DEC-Alpha/gcc and FreeBSD/gcc, ...
  To install SmallEiffel under some UNIX like system, just type make in the SmallEiffel directory.
  To install SmallEiffel under Windows, just run install.exe.
  On other systems, C compile and run the install.c file.
• Added C++ externals support (creation of C++ objects, deletion of C++ objects, member function calls, static function calls etc.). See tutorial/external/C++ for examples.
• Added NUMBER library, for infinite precision and infinitely large numbers. See tutorial/number for examples.
• Added ITERATOR library, for external iterators on data structures. See tutorial/iterator for examples.
• Added class BASIC_DIRECTORY and class DIRECTORY to handle in a portable way directories as well as system path notations. See tutorial/basic_directory for examples. This class is also implemented for Java bytecode (command compile_to_jvm).
• Added class BASIC_TIME, TIME_IN_FRENCH TIME_IN_ENGLISH and TIME_IN_ITALIAN to handle date and time. See tutorial/basic_time for examples. Low level routines for Java byte-code are not yet implemented If you have some time to do this, you just have to add the missing Java code in sys/runtime/SmallEiffelRuntime.java (please contribute your work on the SmallEiffel mailing list).
• Added class BIT_STRING for very large bit sequences, with reference semantics.
• Features deep_clone and deep_equal of class GENERAL are now implemented for the C compilation mode (does not work yet with compile_to_jvm).
• Added feature skip_remainder_of_line and feature reach_and_skip in class INPUT_STREAM. Warning: in order to be consistent with other features, the behavior of features skip_separators and skip_separators_using has changed.
• Added feature to_hexadecimal and feature to_hexadecimal_in in class INTEGER.
• Improved incremental recompilation of the generated C code (also fixed a very old bug in incrementality).
• Exceptions handling: the default_rescue feature is now supported.
• Various bug fixes and improvements (type inference score increased, ...).

• New -html2 flag for command short generates a colorized HTML short form for classes.
• The garbage collector now takes into account feature dispose of class MEMORY for reference objects.
• Obsolete classes (obsolete keyword) now supported.
• Assertion tags are now displayed when an assertion fails.
• Added environment variable in loadpath files. Syntax: ${SOME_VAR}
• Added the -no_style_warning flag to suppress warnings when the recommended styles guidelines for Eiffel are not strictly followed.
• Added the -version flag to show SmallEiffel's version.
• Enhanced ease of use with and adaptability to various C compilers (SYSTEM_TOOLS). Files compiler.system, linker.system and o_suffix.system are now obsolete and replaced by a unique file compiler.se common to all systems. See the System configuration page for more information.
• Class LINKED_LIST now replaces obsolete class LINK_LIST (simple renaming).
  Class TWO_WAY_LINKED_LIST now replaces obsolete class LINK2_LIST (simple renaming).
  
• Fixed "implicit renaming" bug.
• Cleaned all source code of tabulations at beginning of line (made code look ugly when using an editor whose tabs were not 8).
• Some new ELKS'95 features implemented.
• Validity rule VEEN fixed.
• Added class COLLECTION_SORTER and REVERSE_COLLECTION_SORTER to the library.
• Fixed file renaming portability bug (".d files bug").
• Validity rule VCFG.1 is now enforced.
• Validity rule VAPE is now enforced.
• Classes mentioned in a cecil.se file are now automatically made live. Makes it easier to link with external libraries.
• Various other bug fixes.

• The new Eiffel construct Precursor as described OOSC2 is now implemented.
• The Eiffel expression strip is now implemented.
• Nested loadpath files now allowed.
• Extended anchored definition to accept infix and prefix feature names. For example, this kind of declaration is now accepted :      foo: like infix "+".
• Classes COLLECTION2, ARRAY2 and FIXED_ARRAY2 of lib/base completely revisited.
• Fixed a bug related to calls of the form f.g.h; on expanded objects.
• Fixed a bug related to inheritance of generic classes.
• Fixed bugs related to assertions checking in case of exceptions (rescue clause, retry). Improved cycle detection in assertions.
• Fixed bug in GC related to recycling of "monsters" (very large resizable objets).
• Fixed an incredible bug in the implementation of the like Current type mark. ;-).
• Fixed many others bugs ($ operator, GC for alpha DEC, ...).
• System customization file for the BeOS system added in the "sys" sub-directory (more on system customization).
• Contents of the environment variable SmallEiffel must be now set with the absolute path of the file "system.se" which is in the sub-directory "sys" of the installation directory.
  Under a UNIX-like system, the value of the SmallEiffel environment variable may be for example: /usr/lib/SmallEiffel/sys/system.se
  Commands are also more robust when this environment variable contains non-alphanumeric characters.
• No more ensure assertion in GENERAL.get_environment_variable.
• Commands compile_to_jvm and print_jvm_class completely revisited. Java byte-code can be now used with the -verify Java option).
• Validity rule VDRD.6 is now enforced.
• Balancing rule (automatic promotion) for INTEGER, DOUBLE and REAL is now implemented.
• Recursive once routines now work correctly.
• Unmodified generated C files are not touched anymore.
• Assertions correctly checked for all external C routines.
• Exception handling now works when an exception occurs in external C code.
• Cleaned the compiler and decreased its memory footprint.

• Exception handling implemented. Class EXCEPTIONS added in lib/kernel.
• Execution trace stack implementation completely revisited: more comprehensive information is now available, and the overhead incurred by this stack is greatly reduced (executables are about 3 times faster when running in -all_check mode).
• Added option -no_main in command compile_to_c to avoid generation of the C main function. This is useful when one wants to start execution from outside before calling some Eiffel routines via the cecil interface.
• Behavior of compilation flag -trace of command compile_to_c changed to allow step-by-step execution (embryo of Eiffel source code debugger).
• Feature ARRAY.resize completely revisited (added two features in class NATIVE_ARRAY: clear and move).
• Garbage Collector optimized (the GC should be more agressive and some benchmarks are included in directory SmallEiffel/misc/benchmarks/gc/*/bench.e).
• Associativity of infix operator "^" is now correctly handled.
• Fixed bugs in PLATFORM for Minimum_double, Minimum_real and Minimum_character_code.
• Fixed some others bugs about export rules, about expanded objects with expanded attributes.
• Fixed bugs in pretty.

• First finalized version of the garbage collector. Currently supported architectures are SPARC Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS, Windows 95 and NT (see file SmallEiffel/sys/gc for details). Added flag -no_gc to suppress the GC (see man/compile_to_c).
• Changed the default for the generation of C code. Now, the C code and object files are kept by default. (This previously required using option -c_code, which becomes obsolete.)
  Added flag -clean which removes all the C and object files of the system. (This corresponds to the old default behavior.)
• Fixed a bug related to buffered input under Windows/MS VC.
• Fixed a bug in misc/INSTALL.SH script.
• Added require is_connected for all features put_* of class OUTPUT_STREAM.
• Fixed a bug in command short (require/ensure assertion of deferred routines are now printed).
• Added one useful hook for mode -html1 in command short (see hook Mcn).
• Added directory SmallEiffel/sys/runtime which contains the C runtime.
• Fixed a bug about instanciation of class ANY itself (not so common !).
• Fixed a bug about inlining of operator $.
• Fixed a bug about cyclic anchored definitions.

• Became the official GNU Eiffel compiler.
• Added first HTML mode to command short. Flag -html1. Thanks to Matthias Klause.
• Fixed bugs in command pretty.
• It is now possible to rename/redefine external "SmallEiffel" features.
• Files *.hlp of directory SmallEiffel/man no longer exists. All the documentation is now in *.html files plus corresponding automatically generated *.txt files.
• Manifest arrays creation has been optimized.
• Validity rule VHRC.2 is now enforced.
• Fixed bugs about export clause.
• Feature GENERAL.hash_code no longer exists. Added ELKS class HASHABLE in order to be compatible with others compilers/libraries.
• Fixed a bug in pre-computed once functions.
• Fixed a bug in REAL/DOUBLE keybord input.
• Reintroduced left hand side cast in C code for better performances (allowed by the C ANSI standard).
• Obsolete features (obsolete keyword) now generate a Warning.

• Added command short to the distribution.
• Added directory contrib in the distribution. This directory contains some scripts to use gdb as source level debugger for SmallEiffel.
• Added flag -no_warning to commands: compile_to_c, pretty, and compile_to_jvm.
• Added flag -case_insensitive to command compile_to_c.
• Fixed a bug for inherit/select.
• Fixed a bug for some pre-computed once function.

• Class BIT is now implemented in Java bytecode (command compile_to_jvm).
• Added external specification to call Java code (when using compile_to_jvm).
• To fit on a single 3.5 inches disk, unsplitted C code for large commands (compile_to_c and compile_to_jvm) is no longer in the distribution as well as the old lib_test directory.
• Changed the algorithm to load classes in order to allow upper case letters in files names (priority is always given to lower case file names).
• Added STRING.substring_index (from ELKS written by Fridtjof SIEBERT).
• Added one more file in SmallEiffel/sys/ directory in order to customize object files suffix (thus, using Borland C compiler on Windows is now possible).
• Changed the behavior of end_of_input of INPUT_STREAM (this flag is true _after_ last character has been read).
• Fixed a bug in manifest arrays (mixed objects including Void).
• Fixed a bug dealing with some statically computed expressions.
• Fixed a bug in repeated inheritance.

• First beta-release of commands compile_to_jvm and print_jvm_class!
• The new name for class C_ARRAY is now NATIVE_ARRAY (because it works both with Java and C). The old C_ARRAY name is temporarily accepted with a warning from the compiler.
• For readability and to avoid confusion with Java names, external tags have changed (see for new names in man/external file). Old names are temporarily accepted with a warning giving the new name to use.
• Added feature to_hexadecimal and feature to_hexadecimal_in in class CHARACTER.
• Feature io, std_input, std_output and std_error of class GENERAL are no longer frozen.
• Some changes in STD_FILE_READ for features read_integer, read_double and read_real (added comments, precondition and solved the problem with the trailing separator).
• Feature die_with_code of GENERAL now accepts any INTEGER code (not just predefined exit_success_code and exit_failure_code).
• Fixed a bug in STRING. The following expression is now true: ("a%/0/b").count = 3
  Just try this on your favorite Eiffel compiler ;-)
• Many changes in basic input/output in order to be compatible with Java: No more class STD_FILE (the name is now free for an ELKS implementation). Two new classes: INPUT_STREAM and OUTPUT_STREAM.
• Feature unread_character of class INPUT_STREAM is now implemented in Eiffel.
• Added OUTPUT_STREAM.put_pointer to view a POINTER.

• All reported bugs at this time have been fixed.
• Added flag -verbose to commands: compile, compile_to_c and clean. When this new flag is not present, commands now work silently unless some error (or warning) occurs.
• Features BOOLEAN.infix "or" and BOOLEAN.infix "and" are now written in pure Eiffel. As a consequence, it is very important for the SmallEiffel programmer to make the distinction between BOOLEAN.infix "and then" and BOOLEAN.infix "and" (respectively for BOOLEAN.infix "or else" and BOOLEAN.infix "or"). When left-hand-side argument produces no side effect, the semi-strict operator (BOOLEAN.infix"and then"/"or else") may run faster.
• Fixed REAL.sin (the old one was calling sqrt :-).
• Fixed a bug in INTEGER.append_in (you can now print Minimum_integer).
• Added feature in_range in class COMPARABLE.
• Result type of REAL.infix "^" is now DOUBLE for ELKS compatibility.
• Feature remove is now implemented in all subclasses of COLLECTION (i.e. ARRAY, FIXED_ARRAY, LINK_LIST and LINK2_LIST).
• Added feature add for all subclasses of COLLECTION.
• Conversion DOUBLE/STRING : ANSI C sscanf and sprintf is now used to avoid loss of precision.
• Added some more class invariant code generation when compiling in -invariant_check mode. Class invariant is now also checked before exit of a routine.
• Added feature file_tools in class GENERAL to ease access to class FILE_TOOLS.
• Changed printing format for basic *_REF classes. For example, instruction print(1); now prints 1.
• Feature truncated_to_integer of DOUBLE is now ELKS compatible (added feature rounded in class DOUBLE to replace the old truncated_to_integer). Same changes in class REAL.

• Added a new flag -trace to ease debug (see man/compile_to_c file).
• More inlining at Eiffel level (-boost mode only).
• Class BIT_N completely revisited. It may be as fast as C.
• Added class C_ARRAY[E] to deal directly with C arrays at Eiffel level. Thus there are no more external "CSE" or c_inline_c in classes STRING/ARRAY/FIXED_ARRAY (only full Eiffel). Eiffel code is nice and STRING/ARRAY/FIXED_ARRAY may run faster.
• Fixed a bug in STD_FILE_READ.read_double.
• Ordering of C output to increase gcc inlining.
• According to man/compile_to_c) , flag -debug_check now works (debug instructions are no longer generated in mode -all_check).
• Unused local variables removed at Eiffel level (warning added for -debug_check mode only).
• Default class ANY now inherits PLATFORM (as in ETL).
• Fixed a bug in floating-point constants.
• Added directory sys to customize default C compiler, default C linker and default loading path.
• Fixed some bugs with outside expanded types.
• Fixed a bug with rename/select.
• Redefinition of once routine is now allowed.
• Feature GENERAL.conforms_to is now implemented.
• Rule VFFD.7 is now enforced.
• Feature force implemented for all COLLECTION.
• Added conversions features CHARACTER.to_bit, INTEGER.to_bit, BIT_N.to_character and BIT_N.to_integer.

• Fixed bugs dealing with inherit/rename/select.
• Added warning for missing colon in actual arguments list.
• Warning : INSTALL procedure has changed and you have to set manually the default loading path (see misc/INSTALL for details).
• Added some VMS customization.
• Fixed bugs when printing run-time stack.
• Warning added for missing colon in actual parameter list.
• Added flush in class STD_FILE_WRITE.
• No more left hand side cast in C code (because some C compilers don't like them).

• Calling Eiffel from C is now implemented (see man/cecil) file).
• Object creation uses C calloc instead malloc+memset.
• Object creation is inlined.
• ARRAY/FIXED_ARRAY put and item are now inlined (-boost only).
• Added feature capacity and resize in FIXED_ARRAY.
• Added some classes in std_lib: LINK2_LIST (two way linked list), COLLECTION2 (deferred), ARRAYED_COLLECTION (deferred), LINKED_COLLECTION (deferred) and FIXED_ARRAY2 in std_lib.
• More user's routines are inlined (-boost only).

• Added random number generator library (SmallEiffel/lib_rand).
• Added checking of assertions for external "CSE" features.
• Anchoring on expanded types are now allowed.
• Multiple level of anchoring definition allowed.
• Fixed a bug in STRING.from_external.
• Fixed a bug with mixed rename/redefine.
• Inheritance loop detection.
• Anchoring loop detection.
• Fixed a bug with renaming infix/prefix.
• Command clean also use the make suffix.
• Added ELKS95 sign in INTEGER/REAL/DOUBLE.
• Feature make is the default root feature name for compile.
• Optimized ARRAY.add_last and STRING.extend.
• Changed STRING.out (no more enclosing %" printed).
• Remove warning gcc messages for 64 bit machines (alpha/DEC).
• Added option -no_split for a better finalization (see man/compile_to_c) file).

• Incremental C compiling mode implemented (see option -c_code in help file man/compile) .
• Added command clean in help file man/clean.
• Added class FILE_TOOLS.
• No more empty C struct in generated C code (to avoid problems with Microsoft Windows C compiler).
• Fixed one more bug with conformance rule VNCG.

• Fixed some more bugs with conformance rule VNCG.
• Added math functions in DOUBLE/REAL (sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, ... ANSI C names).

• Fixed some more bugs with conformance rule VNCG.
• Type BIT is now implemented.
• Added ELKS 95 STRING.left_adjust and STRING.right_adjust.

• Fixed some bugs with conformance rule VNCG.
• Static expressions are used to detect pre-computable once routines.
• Added features to_external and from_external both in classes ARRAY and FIXED_ARRAY.
• Fixed a bug for inheritance of ARRAY or FIXED_ARRAY.
• Contents of end of class comment checked.
• Added documentation file for external calls (see help file man/external ).

• It is now possible to inherit ARRAY.
• It is now possible to inherit STRING.
• Flag -cc of compile_to_c has changed.
• The PLATFORM class is now conform to ELKS95.
• Added feature twin (like the one of TowerEiffel) in GENERAL.
• Added features to_external and from_external in class STRING.
• Fixed some bugs in once pre-computed routines.

• Internal renaming to suppress some warning messages and for a smooth integration with C++ software.
• DOS and Macintosh better portability.

• Inside of compiler cleaned.
• Pre-Computing of some once functions.
• Added class COLLECTION, LINK_LIST and FIXED_ARRAY in lib/base.

• Command pretty added.
• Implements Eiffel expanded clause.

• The first version available on the net. Before being made available, the very first SmallEiffel had been tested since September 1995 by students of the University Henri Poincaré

• The very first bootstrap. SmallEiffel is born.