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Wraith Scheme 1.31 has been released. It is an R5RS Scheme implementation for Mac OS X.

This release includes bug fixes.

It has been announced that the next London Ruby User Group meeting will be held on February 11, 2008.

Tcl/Tk 8.5.1 RC0 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

amforth 2.5 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: the addition of more microcontroller-specific words, and bug fixes.

4tH 3.5c release 2 has been released. 4tH is a portable, open source Forth implementation.

This release includes: support for defining the default 4tH directory via an environment variable, support for scripting the multitasking environment, library rewrites, and other changes.

FlashForth 3.2 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the PIC18F.

This release includes: faster compilation, support for writing interrupt routines in Forth or assembler, better MPLAB integration, and other changes.

It has been announced that a Smalltalk meeting will be held in London, England on March 8, 2008.

Cobra 0.7 has been released. Cobra is a high-level language for .NET, including features such as generics, contracts, compile-time type inference, exception handling, garbage collection, and more.

This release includes: an optional 'invariant' clause for class, interface and struct definitions; support for attributes; support for abstract classes; improved compiler warnings; new and updated sample programs; bug fixes; and other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.37a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: the addition of methods to the Time class, performance improvements, greater flexibility in the use of C include files, and bug fixes.

The Seventh ACM SIGPLAN Erlang Workshop has put out a call for papers. "This workshop will bring together the open source, academic, and industrial programming communities of Erlang. It will enable participants to familiarize themselves with recent developments on new techniques and tools tailored to Erlang, novel applications, draw lessons from users' experiences and identify research problems and common areas relevant to the practice of Erlang and functional programming."

The submission deadline is June 10, 2008. The workshop will take place from September 22 to 24, 2008, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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.

F# 1.9.3.14 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: support for constructed classes that are mutually recursive with other types, the deprecation of the Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Func module, the addition of '%' and '%%' operators, bug fixes, and other changes.

Flow 1.0 has been released. It is a Brainfuck-like language, with two-dimensional code and threads.

Digital Mars D 2.010 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: the addition of the 'pure' keyword, support for WinMain and DllMain in template mixins, bug fixes, and other changes.

Digital Mars D 1.026 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 WinMain and DllMain in template mixins, and bug fixes.

Blue 1.3 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: syntax changes, the addition of reusable modules, a rewrite of the compiler, improved debugging support, more tests, more demos, and other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.36a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: support for SPARC Solaris 8, and bug fixes.

The ACM SIGAda 2008 International Conference has put out a call for technical contributions.

The submission deadline is May 12, 2008. The conference will be held from October 26 to 30, 2008, in Portland, Oregon.

Frink 2008-01-22 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: a multi-line input mode for the AWT GUI, and a fix for a bug when dividing large integers.

newLISP 9.2.17 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This development release includes: documentation updates, changes to the 'process' function on Windows, and bug fixes.