PLNews: Programming Language News

Boo 0.9.3 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: bug fixes, match macro support for regular expressions with variable binding, and other changes.

IronPython 2.6 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes: CPython 2.6 language and standard library compatibility, improved .NET integration, an update to the latest version of the DLR, performance improvements, and other changes.

Mono 2.6 RC1 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

This release candidate includes: partial support for LINQ to SQL, a new debugger engine, partial support for C# 4.0 and .NET 4.0 APIs, ParallelFx support, DLR support, a sandbox and its verifier, an LLVM-based backend, and other changes.

IronPython 2.6 Release Candidate 3 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes Silverlight-related changes.

IronPython 2.6 Release Candidate 2 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes: the inclusion of the "json" CPython package, documentation updates, a memory leak fix, multithreaded debugging using sys.settrace that works, bug fixes, and other changes.

IronPython 2.6 CTP for .NET 4.0 Beta 2 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

IronPython 2.0.3 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes bug fixes.

IronPython 2.0.2 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes bug fixes.

Mono 2.4.2 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

This release includes: the inclusion of the ASP.NET MVC stack, bug fixes, and other changes.

IKVM 0.40 Release Candidate 1 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes bug fixes.

IronScheme 1.0 beta 3 has been released. It aims to be an R6RS Scheme implementation for the .NET DLR.

This release includes: improved R6RS compliance, compiler optimizations, improved exactness of numbers, and other changes.

Mono 2.4 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

This release includes: SIMD support, an improved implementation of Thread.Interrupt(), the removal of the old JIT in favour of the linear IR JIT, Mono.Posix improvements, performance improvements, support for running precompiled ASP.NET web sites, DataGridView improvements, and other changes.

IKVM 0.40 Release Candidate 0 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: adding back in RMI stubs that were left out during the module split, regression fixes, and other changes.

IronPython 2.6 Alpha 1 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes: improved support for CPython 2.6 features, the use of adaptive compilation, the installation of NGEN'ed binaries by default, installer improvements, and other changes.

Mono 2.4 RC 3 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

Mono 2.4 Preview RC 2 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

Mono 2.4 Preview RC 1 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

IronPython 2.0.1 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes: faster float-integer comparisons, other performance improvements, and bug fixes.

Mono 2.4 Preview 3 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

Eagle 1.0.3335.35607 has been released. Eagle is an implementation of Tcl for the .NET CLR.

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

This release includes a PassiveWeakDictionary bug fix.

It has been announced that the Cobra January 2009 Update is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Cobra community. Cobra is a high-level language for .NET, including features such as generics, contracts, compile-time type inference, exception handling, garbage collection, and more.

Eagle 1.0 beta 3 has been released. Eagle is an implementation of Tcl for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: enum handling fixes, protection against using Tcl interpreters and objects on the wrong threads, test suite updates, the flagging of commands as either safe or unsafe, preliminary support for safe interpreters and host policies, bug fixes, and other changes.

IKVM 0.38 Update 1 RC 0 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: improved stack traces and error messages, improved name mangling, bug fixes, and other changes.

IronScheme 1.0 Beta 2 has been released. It aims to be an R6RS Scheme implementation for the .NET DLR.

This release includes: the addition of a new LINQ library, P/Invoke support, compiler optimizations, reduced memory usage, bug fixes, and other changes.