PLNews: Programming Language News

Io 2006-10-25 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language offering exceptions, lightweight threads, and more.

This release includes: new Contracts, Rational and ContinuedFraction add-ons; the addition of a ** operator; plus other changes and fixes.

Io 2006-10-05 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: the addition of Map asList and System createThread methods, build fixes, plus other changes and bugfixes.

Io 2006-09-29 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: the addition of Sequence prependSeq and nextInSequence, the addition of List reduce and reduceRight, plus other changes and fixes.

Io 2006-09-20 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes a C implementation of interpolate, plus other changes and bugfixes.

Io 2006-07-31 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: BigNum and AppleExtra bindings, support for bindings as dynamic libraries, bugfixes, and other changes.

Io 2006-05-26 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: the addition of automatic coroutine chaining, several audio bindings, updated OpenGL and ObjcBridge bindings, and more.

Io 2006-03-14 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: a new parser and garbage collector, a stack overflow fix, plus other changes and bugfixes.

Io 2006-03-04 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: the movement of the Coroutine Scheduler into Io, build fixes, bug fixes, and other changes.

Io 2006-01-27 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes an ActivationContext object to replace thisMessage and similar slots, documentation improvements, build fixes, and bugfixes.

A short report detailing the status of the upcoming 1.0 release of Io is now available. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

A 1.0 prerelease will be made available tomorrow, with the final 1.0 release being delayed until the end of January. Major work to be done includes documentation updates, completion of the move to Io parser, and persistence.

Io 2005-12-21 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes new unit tests, fixes to the coroutine system and sockets bindings, plus other changes and fixes.

Io 2005 12 10 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes build fixes, plus other changes.

Io 2005 12 05 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes: a Coroutine primitive, exceptions and actors implemented in Io with Coroutine, the removal of Nop, the renaming of Nil to nil and its reimplementation in Io, the addition of true and false implemented in Io, plus fixes and other changes.

Io 2005 10 12 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes a number of fixes, a cleanup of const char pointers, and adds a top level Makefile.

Io 2005 10 07 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release features a reorganization of the source tree, stability fixes, plus other changes and bugfixes.

Io 2005 09 10 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release implements ? in Io, includes an improved List shuffle method, a fix to Box containsPoint, plus other improvements and changes.

Io 2005 08 30 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes a fix for a super and resend bug, a Windows compilation fix, a fix for a SkipDB-related crash, and a win32vc7 IoDesktop project.

Io 2005 08 29 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes a new Object ancestorWithSlot() method, super and resend are now implemented in Io, super and break now take a message as an argument, in addition to other changes.

Io 2005 08 26 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, Lisp and Lua.

This release includes a List slice() method, List first() and last() now accept an optional argument, all compiles are routed through Compiler messageForString(), and all foreach and map methods work with or without an index argument.

Io 2005 08 17 has been released. Io is an embeddable, prototype-based language drawing from Smalltalk, Self, NewtonScript, Act1, LISP and Lua.

This release includes improvements to SkipDB, a fix for Map, updated sample code, multiple argument support for List appendSeq(), and a fix to URL setReferrer().