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IKVM 0.38 Release Candidate 2 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release candidate includes fixes.

IKVM 0.36 Update 2 Release Candidate 2 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: more efficient type conversion, the making of the finalize() and clone() methods of cli.System.Object and cli.System.Exception final, bug fixes, and other changes.

IKVM 0.38 Release Candidate 1 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: the hiding of nested types generated by callerID support, the making of the finalize() and clone() methods of cli.System.Object and cli.System.Exception final, reflection that works on .NET 2.0 RTM, and other changes.

It has been announced that Excelsior JET 3.6 has reached End-of-Life status. Users are recommended to upgrade to a more recent version.

Excelsior JET 6.4 has been released. Excelsior JET is a Java implementation including support for ahead-of-time compilation.

This release includes: support for scrambling program data and resources, optimization improvements, faster ahead-of-time and just-in-time compilation, and other changes.

CACAO 0.99.1 has been released. CACAO is a portable, open source Java virtual machine.

This release includes bug fixes.

CACAO 0.99 has been released. CACAO is a portable, open source Java virtual machine.

This release includes: initial support for using OpenJDK as the Java runtime library, renamed configuration options, the use of 8-byte stack-slots on all architectures, faster C-to-Java calls, annotation and assertion support, and other changes.

Excelsior JET 6.4 Beta 3 has been released. Excelsior JET is a Java implementation including support for ahead-of-time compilation.

This release includes: support for Java SE 6 Update 7 and J2SE 1.5 Update 15, support for the encryption of program data and resource files, a startup optimizer, performance improvements, and other changes.

IKVM 0.36 Update 2 Release Candidate 1 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 has been released. It is a Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 implementation for Mac OS X.

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: improved error handling for the ikvmc -reference option; optimized code generation for the lcmp, fcmp, dcmp and shift opcodes; field/method/parameter annotation support for .NET types; the implementation of SocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_IF and SocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_IF2; bug fixes; and other changes.

abc 1.3.0 has been released. abc is an AspectJ implementation that "aims to make it easy to implement both extensions and optimisations of the core language."

This release includes: a new frontend, the porting of the EAJ and tracematches extensions to make use of the new frontend, performance improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

Excelsior JET 6.0 Maintenance Pack 1 has been released. Excelsior JET is a Java implementation including support for ahead-of-time compilation.

This maintenance pack includes a number of bug fixes.

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 5 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: the implementation of SocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_IF and SocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_IF2, bug fixes, and other changes.

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 4 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: code generation optimizations, support for loading Java types with assembly qualified type names, spport for removing assertions during compilation, bug fixes, and other changes.

Kaffe 1.1.9 has been released. Kaffe is an open source, clean room Java virtual machine implementation.

This development release includes: build system improvements, support for JSR 166, a simplified threading subsystem interface, the removal of some bundled software, and other changes.

Java Embedded Python 2.3 has been released. It allows for embedding CPython within Java applications.

This release includes improved array handling.

It has been announced that Excelsior JET 4.1 has reached End-of-Life status. Users are recommended to upgrade to a more recent version.

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 3 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: improved error handling and bug fixes.

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 2 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes a bug fix in DynamicMethod-based serialization for fields typed as ghost interfaces.