PLNews: Programming Language News

Python 3.0b2 has been released. Python is a portable, dynamic, object-oriented language.

This release includes: exception tracebacks with support for exception chaining, traceback module support for chained exceptions, improvements to the gettext library, bug fixes, and other changes.

Python 2.6b2 has been released. Python is a portable, dynamic, object-oriented language.

This release includes bug fixes.

Ctpp 1.0.37 has been released. It is a preprocessor for Ctalk, an object-oriented extension of C.

This release includes bug fixes.

Mosh 0.0.5 has been released. It is an R6RS Scheme interpreter written in C++.

This release includes: SRFI 98 support, improved stack traces, profiler improvements, faster compilation speed, new procedures, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next Vancouver Lisp Users Group meeting will be held on July 23, 2008.

The July 16, 2008 edition of the Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Tcl community.

The July 16, 2008 edition of the Haskell Weekly News is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Haskell community.

Jython 2.5a0+ has been released. Jython is a Python implementation written in Java.

This release includes: support for generator expression, support for the 'with' statement, improved Unicode support, and other changes.

F# 1.9.4.19 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes bug fixes.

The July 8 to 15, 2008 edition of the Caml Weekly News is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Caml community.

VA Smalltalk Forum Europe 2008 has been announced. It will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on September 23, 2008.

Digital Mars D 2.017 has been released. D is a general-purpose language designed as a successor to C++, offering features such as design by contract, garbage collection, first class arrays, closures, templates, and more.

This release includes bug fixes.

Digital Mars D 1.033 has been released. D is a general-purpose language designed as a successor to C++, offering features such as design by contract, garbage collection, first class arrays, closures, templates, and more.

This release includes bug fixes.

newLISP 9.4.3 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes bug fixes.

It has been announced that the next Boston Lisp meeting will be held on July 21, 2008.

Pragmatic Smalltalk 0.5 has been released. It is a native Smalltalk compiler offering integration with Objective-C.

Ctalk 0.0.61a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes support for using objects as arguments to ordinary C functions, and other changes.

The July 10, 2008 edition of Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Tcl community.

It has been announced that videos of some of the D Conference 2007 presentations are now available online.

Blue 1.6 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes support for lexical variables and first-class continuations.