Eiffel

Eiffel is an object-oriented language based on Ada designed by Betrand Meyer.

It provides formal support for pre-conditions by allowing a programmer to insert assert statements at appropriate points in his code.

Reference

Bertrand Meyer, "Eiffel: The Language", Prentice Hall, 1992
ISBN 0-13-247925-7.

There is also an Eiffel Home Page.