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Apr. 07, 2009

Blue 1.7.4 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.7.4 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: hex, octal and decimal escape sequences for string literals; the bitwise and, or and xor operators for numbers; and bug fixes.

Mar. 31, 2009

Blue 1.7.3 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.7.3 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: tweaks to the random library, the addition of the array slice method, bug fixes, and other changes.

Dec. 16, 2008

Blue 1.7 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.7 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: a new syntax-checking parser, better error messages, the addition of 'import' and 'eval' methods for strings, and other changes.

Nov. 05, 2008

Blue 1.6.10 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.10 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: sys.clone and sys.copy functions to support prototype-based programming, the addition of the foreach method to functions to allow for iteration over a number of arguments, and bug fixes.

Oct. 21, 2008

Blue 1.6.9 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.9 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: new string methods, sys.class for creating user-defined types, sys.extend for dynamically extending types, and sys.contract for dynamically un-extending types.

Oct. 07, 2008

Blue 1.6.8 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.8 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: initial work on a new LEMON-based parser, a shell stream for communicating with the command interpreter, and documentation updates.

Sep. 30, 2008

Blue 1.6.7 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.7 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: support for the truth expression in conditionals being optional, the temporary disabling of syntax checking, and changes to the null type to string conversion.

Sep. 23, 2008

Blue 1.6.6 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.6 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: string and number conversion methods, syntax checking, bug fixes, and other changes.

Sep. 17, 2008

Blue 1.6.5 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.5 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: a new MD5 hashing plugin, and bug fixes.

Sep. 08, 2008

Blue 1.6.3 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.3 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: a regular expression plugin, an experimental time plugin, and bug fixes.

Aug. 27, 2008

Blue 1.6.2 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.2 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: faster array creation and a SQLite plugin module.

July 27, 2008

Blue 1.6.1 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.6.1 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: the addition of int, abs, round and trig methods to the number type; memory leak fixes; support for detecting and freeing cyclic references in lexical variables; bug fixes; and other changes.

July 10, 2008

Blue 1.6 Released

Languages :: Blue

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.

June 24, 2008

Blue 1.5.8 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.8 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: Win32 build environment cleanups, initial work on lexical variable scope and closures, string comparison fixes, and other changes.

June 16, 2008

Blue 1.5.7 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.7 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: performance improvements, reduced memory consumption,the addition of the sys.import function for loading libraries and modules, the movement of the std and types libraries into the core language, and other changes.

May 27, 2008

Blue 1.5.6 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.6 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: support for creating and handling built-in and user-defined types, reduced object size, virtual machine performance improvements, and other changes.

May 20, 2008

Blue 1.5.5 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.5 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: support for array sorting and conversion to strings, improved string performance, simplified user defined types, and other changes.

May 01, 2008

Blue 1.5.4 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.4 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: performance improvements, a bugfix regarding the 'self' variable in 'do' and 'loop' blocks, and other changes.

Apr. 23, 2008

Blue 1.5.3 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.3 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: refined user-defined types, simplified garbage collection, bug fixes, and other changes.

Apr. 11, 2008

Blue 1.5.2 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.2 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: support for the 'arg' keyword, performance improvements, new tests, and bug fixes.

Mar. 22, 2008

Blue 1.5.1 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5.1 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: array-related improvements and bug fixes.

Mar. 14, 2008

Blue 1.5 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.5 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: an improved type system, documentation updates, bug fixes, and code refactoring.

Mar. 10, 2008

Blue 1.4.3 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.4.3 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: speed and reliability improvements, refactored attributes and dictionaries, support for medium-grained mutexes, a refactoring of the backtrace mechanism, and other changes.

Feb. 28, 2008

Blue 1.4.2 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.4.2 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: improvements to the backtrace mechanism, and bug fixes.

Feb. 13, 2008

Blue 1.4 Released

Languages :: Blue

Blue 1.4 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: performance improvements, the removal of macro-like functions, module system simplifications, bug fixes, documentation updates, and other changes.

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