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May 27, 2008

OCaml-Java 1.0 Released

Posted: 2008-05-27 06:20:04
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OCaml-Java 1.0 has been released. OCaml-Java allows for integration between Objective CAML and Java.

May 05, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 2 Release Candidate 1 Released

Posted: 2008-05-05 06:08:54
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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.

April 30, 2008

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 Released

Posted: 2008-04-30 06:18:12
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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.

April 28, 2008

Groovy 1.5.6 Released

Posted: 2008-04-28 06:25:07
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Groovy 1.5.6 has been released. Groovy is a dynamic, object-oriented language for the Java Platform.

This release includes bug fixes.

April 23, 2008

JRuby 1.1.1 Released

Posted: 2008-04-23 06:18:57
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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.

April 07, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Released

Posted: 2008-04-07 06:09:58
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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.

April 06, 2008

JRuby 1.1 Released

Posted: 2008-04-06 10:06:41
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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.

March 28, 2008

Excelsior JET 6.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Released

Posted: 2008-03-28 06:15:27
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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.

March 20, 2008

JRuby 1.1RC3 Released

Posted: 2008-03-20 21:15:19
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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.

March 14, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 5

Posted: 2008-03-14 06:15:18
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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.

March 13, 2008

JamVM 1.5.1 Released

Posted: 2008-03-13 06:17:12
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JamVM 1.5.1 has been released. JamVM is a small, portable, open-source Java virtual machine.

This release includes: a new internal VM symbol framework, improved AMD64 ABI support, a port to Darwin/ARM, improved error messages, bug fixes, and other changes.

February 28, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 4 Released

Posted: 2008-02-28 06:17:37
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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.

February 27, 2008

Kaffe 1.1.9 Released

Posted: 2008-02-27 06:22:14
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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.

February 18, 2008

JRuby 1.1RC2 Released

Posted: 2008-02-18 07:40:52
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JRuby 1.1RC2 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: memory-related improvements for JIT'ed methods, an I/O refactoring, bug fixes, and other changes.

February 05, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 3 Released

Posted: 2008-02-05 06:20:01
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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.

January 25, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 2

Posted: 2008-01-25 06:21:04
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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.

January 15, 2008

IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 1 Released

Posted: 2008-01-15 06:22:17
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IKVM 0.36 Update 1 Release Candidate 1 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes bug fixes.

January 08, 2008

JRuby 1.1 RC 1 Released

Posted: 2008-01-08 21:53:22
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JRuby 1.1 RC 1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release candidate includes: improved POSIX method support, standard library updates and Ruby 1.8.6 compatibility improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

January 07, 2008

Jython Sprint at PyCon 2008 Announced

Posted: 2008-01-07 21:38:16

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It has been announced that a Jython sprint will take place at PyCon 2008. Jython is a Python implementation written in Java.

December 16, 2007

JRuby 1.0.3 Released

Posted: 2007-12-16 10:12:29
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JRuby 1.0.3 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: signal handling fixes, compatibility fixes, and other bug fixes.