NIHCL stands for "National-Institute-of-Health's-class-library." It can be
acquired via 128.231.128.7/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.