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From: kunst AT natlab DOT research DOT philips DOT com (Pieter Kunst)
Subject: Re: NIH Class libs
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In article <46qfia$av9 AT clarknet DOT clark DOT net> fenric AT clark DOT net (Andrew McCaffrey) writes:
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> Could someone please direct me to the location of the NIH class libraries?
>

What is the NIHCL? Where can I get it?

NIHCL stands for "national-institute-of-health's-class-library." 
it can be acquired via anonymous
ftp from [128.231.128.7] in the file pub/NIHCL/nihcl-3.0.tar.Z 

NIHCL (some people pronounce it "N-I-H-C-L," others pronounce it like "nickel")
is a C++ translation of the Smalltalk class library.
There are some ways where NIHCL's use of dynamic typing helps (e.g., persistent
objects). There are also places where its use of dynamic typing creates
tension with the static typing of the C++ language. 

NIHCL is available via anonymous FTP from alw.nih.gov in directory
/pub/NIHCL.

It is also available directly from the GNU Project on the `Languages'
distribution tape.  For more information, please ask gnu AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu.

The NIH Class Library (formerly known as "OOPS", Object-Oriented
Program Support) is a portable collection of G++ classes, similar to
those in Smalltalk-80, which has been developed by Keith Gorlen of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), using the C++ programming
language.