PLNews: Programming Language News

Scala 2.6.1-RC2 has been released. Scala is a statically typed, extensible, multi-paradigm language, offering object-oriented and functional support.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Mono 1.2.6 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

This release includes: a native Windows.Forms driver for Mac OS X, support for the ASP.NET AJAX APIs and controls, Windows.Forms support for the WebControl on Windows and Linux using Mozilla, memory usage optimizations, performance improvements, and other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.26a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes simplified method buffering and initialization.

Tcl/Tk 8.5.0 RC3 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Ctalk 0.0.24a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: Event, Exception and SystemErrnoException classes for exception handling; improved C library template support; and bug fixes.

Glasgow Haskell Compiler 6.8.2 has been released. GHC is a portable, open-source, optimising Haskell 98 implementation.

This release includes: GHCi improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

Excelsior JET 6.0 has been released. Excelsior JET is a certified Java SE 6 ahead-of-time compiler system.

This release includes: support for Java SE 6, support for Windows Vista and RHEL 5, application performance improvements, and other changes.

Frink 2007-12-09 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: methods for permuting arrays in lexicographic order, support for anonymous functions with no bodies, improved graphical user interface support, and updates to the astronomical libraries.

Seed7 2007-12-10 has been released. Seed7 is a strongly-typed, general-purpose language, offering object-oriented capabilities, exception handling, user-defined statements and operators, plus more.

This release includes: improved interpreter error reporting, improvements to the graphics.s7i library, new polyLine and fpolyLine functions in the draw.s7i library, compiler improvements, plus other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.23a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: new methods for numeric types, support for binary constants, documentation improvements, and other changes.

Mono 1.2.6 Preview 4 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

GNU Smalltalk 2.95g has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: Gnuplot and SQLite bindings, updates to the JIT compiler, bug fixes, and other changes.

newLISP 9.2.9 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes: support for using 'sort' on arrays, last-element speed optimization for several list functions, newlispdoc improvements, and newLISP-GS changes.

EuroForth 2008 has been announced. A call for papers has also been issued. "EuroForth brings together researchers and practitioners from the Forth community. Papers are solicited on all aspects of Forth (applications, implementations, extensions, etc.) and related topics."

The deadline for draft papers is June 27, 2008. The conference will be held from September 26 to 28, 2008, in Vienna, Austria.

IKVM 0.36 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

Ctalk 0.0.22a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: support for C functions with variable arguments on Linux; templates for C library functions like fscanf, fprintf, and sscanf; and bug fixes.

It has been announced that the next Leipzig Python User Group meeting will be held on December 11, 2007.

LuaNews has been announced. It is a "summary of the latest happenings on the Lua mail list and elsewhere in the Lua world." Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

It has been announced that Glasgow Haskell Compiler 6.8.2 release candidates are now available. GHC is a portable, open-source, optimising Haskell 98 implementation.

Mono 1.2.6 preview 3 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.