PLNews: Programming Language News

Jim Hugunin has written an article discussing Microsoft's Dynamic Language Runtime. It includes discussion about the support for Python, Ruby, EcmaScript 3.0 and Visual Basic.

Groovy 1.1-beta-1 has been released. Groovy is a dynamic, object-oriented language for the Java Platform.

This release includes: support for Java 5 annotations, support for Java 5 static imports, plus other improvements, changes and bug fixes.

Mono 1.2.4 Preview 3 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

This release includes bug fixes. Testing is requested.

IronPython 2.0 Alpha 1 has been released. IronPython is a Python implementation running on .NET.

This release includes: support for Python 2.5, improved CPython compatibility, the use of the Dynamic Language Runtime, and other changes.

Open Dylan 1.0 beta 4 has been released. Open Dylan is a cross-platform, open source Dylan implementation based upon Functional Developer.

This release includes: the removal of expiration checks, a primitive stack walker for UNIX, IDE improvements, plus other changes and fixes.

Christopher Diggins has announced that a Cat interpreter written in JavaScript is now available. Cat is a functional, stack-based programming language.

High Level Assembly v1.93 has been released. HLA adds high-level language syntax and constructs to x86 assembly.

This release includes a couple of bug fixes.

IKVM 0.34 rc3 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: NIO pipe support, socket fixes, and other changes.

BCET beta 004 has been released. BCET is a BASIC implementation.

This release includes a new driver program, and other changes.

Vala 0.0.9 has been released. Vala "aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C." It offers features such as: interfaces, properties, lambda expressions, local variable type inference, and more.

This release includes: support for defining new generic classes, improved array support, improved abstract property support, basic support for flags types, improvements to the GLib binding, memory management fixes, plus other changes and bug fixes.

newLISP 9.1.5 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes: changes to the local domain UNIX sockets syntax, documentation improvements, plus other changes and fixes.

Steel Bank Common Lisp 1.0.5 has been released. SBCL is a portable, open source ANSI Common Lisp implementation.

This release includes: documentation updates, optimizations, more passing tests on x86-64/Darwin, the use of Mach exception handlers for dealing with illegal instructions and memory protection violations on x86 and x86-64 Mac OS X, plus other changes and bug fixes.

Fawlty Language 0.61 has been released. FL is an array-oriented language, with a syntax almost identical to that of the Interactive Data Language.

This release includes bug fixes and other changes.

The Amsterdam Compiler Kit 6.0pre3 has been released. The ACK is an optimizing, retargetable, open source compiler suite supporting a variety of languages, including C, Pascal, Modula-2, BASIC, and Occam.

This release includes: support for generating CP/M binaries using the 8080 code generator, improved ANSI C headers, improved floating-point support, optimizations, bug fixes, and other changes.

Frink 2007-04-30 has been released. Frink is a language which allows for units of measurement to be tracked throughout calculations to help ensure correct answers.

This release includes the addition of the arccosh[x] function, and fixes to the foreign language translations.

It has been announced that the first meeting of the New York Functional Programmers Network will be held on May 3, 2007.

It has been announced that the first meeting of the London Haskell User Group will be held on May 23, 2007. Simon Peyton Jones will be giving a talk.

Tcl/Tk 8.5a6 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

F-Script 1.3.5 has been released. F-Script is an embeddable scripting language based on Smalltalk for Mac OS X, providing access to Cocoa and other Objective-C objects.

This release includes: support for Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard", new clear and clear: methods of the System class, support for an experimental multiple assignment syntax, new math methods on numbers, plus other changes and bug fixes.

The April 27, 2007 edition of the Haskell Weekly News is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Haskell community.

This edition covers topics such as: the release of GHC 6.6.1, recent Haskell-related software releases, Haskell' developments, and more.

It has been announced that the next Omaha Dynamic Language User Group meeting will be held on May 1, 2007.

Digital Mars D 1.014 has been released. D is a general-purpose language designed as a successor to C++, offering features such as design by contract, garbage collection, first class arrays, closures, templates, and more.

This release includes: support for associative array literals, support for struct literals, plus other changes and bug fixes.

The Glasgow Haskell Compiler 6.6.1 has been released. GHC is a portable, open-source, optimising Haskell 98 implementation.

This release includes: support for Windows Vista, support for defining newtypes using GADT syntax, documentation improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

Chrome 1.5.9 has been released. Chrome is an Object Pascal implementation for Mono and .NET.

Sleep 2.1-beta 15 has been released. Sleep is an embeddable scripting language implemented in Java, and inspired by Perl and Objective-C.

This release includes: the addition of an assert command, a reworking of the conversion of array scalars to native Java arrays, plus other changes and bug fixes.