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It has been announced that Bertrand Meyer is this year's recipient of the ACM Software System Award. The Software System Award is awarded to "an institution or individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both.
Dr. Meyer receives the award for "designing and developing the Eiffel programming language, method and environment, embodying the Design by Contract approach to software development and other features that facilitate the construction of reliable, extendible and efficient software.
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