PLNews: Programming Language News

Jython 2.5 Alpha 2 has been released. Jython is a Python implementation written in Java.

JRuby 1.1.4 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: a refactoring of the Java integration layer, performance improvements, support for raising and handling Java exceptions directly from Ruby, reduced memory usage, initial Ruby 1.9 support, thread pooling improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

JRuby 1.1.3 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved interpreter performance, memory usage improvements, IO-related fixes, better debugging support, bug fixes, and other changes.

Jython 2.5a0+ has been released. Jython is a Python implementation written in Java.

This release includes: support for generator expression, support for the 'with' statement, improved Unicode support, and other changes.

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.

Avian 0.1.1 has been released."Avian is a lightweight virtual machine and class library designed to provide a useful subset of Java's features, suitable for building self-contained applications."

This release includes support for running in interpreted mode on Mac OS X PPC systems, and 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.

JRuby 1.1.2 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: startup time reduction, faster YAML symbol parsing, method call improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

OCaml-Java 1.0 has been released. OCaml-Java allows for integration between Objective CAML and Java.

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.

Groovy 1.5.6 has been released. Groovy is a dynamic, object-oriented language for the Java Platform.

This release includes bug fixes.

JRuby 1.1.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: interpreter method dispatch speed improvements, other performance improvements, reduced memory consumption, improved bigdecimal support, bug fixes, and other changes.

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.

JRuby 1.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: performance improvements, support for the compilation of Ruby to Java bytecode, refactoring of the IO implementation, reduced memory consumption, compatibility 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.

JRuby 1.1RC3 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release candidates includes: a number of bug fixes, performance improvements, and other changes.

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.