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September 19, 2007

newLISP 9.2.2 Released

Posted: 2007-09-19 06:25:00
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newLISP 9.2.2 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes: core bug fixes, and improvements to the newLISP-GS editor.

September 16, 2007

October MSLUG Meeting on Oct. 22

Posted: 2007-09-16 22:04:00
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It has been announced that the October meeting of the Montreal Scheme/Lisp User Group will be held on October 22, 2007.

September 15, 2007

newLISP 9.2.1 Released

Posted: 2007-09-15 21:50:00
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newLISP 9.2.1 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes: speed improvements, plus other changes.

August 27, 2007

Next MSLUG Meeting on Aug. 29

Posted: 2007-08-27 21:59:00
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It has been announced that the next meeting of the Montreal Scheme/Lisp User Group will be held on August 29, 2007.

August 19, 2007

Qi 9.0 Released

Posted: 2007-08-19 22:08:00
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Qi 9.0 has been released. It is a "Lisp-based functional programming language that offers the best of Common Lisp with the advantages of pattern matching, l calculus consistency, and optional static type checking."

This release includes: a new "turbo" mode for producing very efficient code.

August 15, 2007

newLISP 9.2.0 Released

Posted: 2007-08-15 21:43:00
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newLISP 9.2.0 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes: the new Java-based GUI server, UNIX local domain socket support, new 'global?' and 'protected?' functions, better random number generation, a new crypto.lsp module, bug fixes, and other changes.

August 12, 2007

Next Lisp NYC Meeting on Aug. 14

Posted: 2007-08-12 21:43:00
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It has been announced that the next Lisp NYC meeting will be held on August 14, 2007. Perry Metzger will be discussing Otter.

August 10, 2007

newLISP 9.1.12 Released

Posted: 2007-08-10 23:40:00
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newLISP 9.1.12 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes: support for executing remote programs from the command line, and an extra flag for 'join' to force a joint string after the last element.

August 04, 2007

newLISP 9.1.11 Released

Posted: 2007-08-04 23:42:00
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newLISP 9.1.11 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes bug fixes.

July 29, 2007

newLISP 9.1.10 Released

Posted: 2007-07-29 10:23:00
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newLISP 9.1.10 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes: syntax highlighting in the newLISP-GS editor, new functions in guiserver.lsp, and other changes.

Next Vancouver Lisp Users Group Meeting on Aug. 8

Posted: 2007-07-29 10:20:00
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It has been announced that the next Vancouver Lisp Users Group meeting will be held on August 8, 2007. Guillaume Cartier will present about JazzScheme.

July 19, 2007

newLISP 9.1.9 Released

Posted: 2007-07-19 22:23:00
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newLISP 9.1.9 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes: binary installers for Win32 and Mac OS X, a switch to the GPLv3, and other changes.

July 03, 2007

MBase 0.1 Released

Posted: 2007-07-03 22:19:00
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MBase 0.1 has been released. MBase is a Lisp-like language for .NET, with an emphasis on compiler and interpreter implementation.

June 27, 2007

SBCL 1.0.7 Released

Posted: 2007-06-27 21:56:00
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Steel Bank Common Lisp 1.0.7 has been released. SBCL is a portable, open source ANSI Common Lisp implementation.

This release includes: changes to the spinlock interface, MOP improvements, SB-POSIX improvements, bignum printing speed optimizations, bug fixes, and other changes.

Next BeNeLux Lisp Meeting on July 1

Posted: 2007-06-27 21:53:00
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It has been announced that the next BeNeLux Lisp Meeting will be held on July 1, 2007, in The Hague, Netherlands.

June 06, 2007

newLISP 9.1.8 Released

Posted: 2007-06-06 22:50:00
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newLISP 9.1.8 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes bug fixes.

June 03, 2007

newLISP 9.1.7 Released

Posted: 2007-06-03 11:35:00
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newLISP 9.1.7 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes bug fixes.

May 28, 2007

newLISP Fan Club Wiki Announced

Posted: 2007-05-28 23:25:00
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The newLISP Fan Club Wiki has been announced. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

May 27, 2007

SBCL 1.0.6 Released

Posted: 2007-05-27 23:46:00
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Steel Bank Common Lisp 1.0.6 has been released. SBCL is a portable, open source ANSI Common Lisp implementation.

This release includes: an experimental code coverage tool, optimizations, an experimental synchronous timeout facility, bug fixes, and other changes.

May 26, 2007

Third Printing of 'Practical Common Lisp'

Posted: 2007-05-26 23:46:00
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Peter Seibel has announced that there will be a third printing of his Practical Common Lisp book.