PLNews: Programming Language News

Idle 0.3.0 has been released. Idle is a scripting language built upon Lua.

This release includes: support for textual macros and source code preprocessing, library updates, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next London Ruby Users Group meeting will be held on May 12, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Chigaco Python User Group meeting will be held on May 8, 2008.

IronPython 2.0 Beta 2 has been released. IronPython is an implementation of Python running on .NET.

This release includes: improved performance, improved traceback support, bug fixes, and other changes.

Scala 2.7.1 has been released. Scala is a statically typed, extensible, multi-paradigm language, offering object-oriented and functional support.

This release includes: the addition of scala.Either to the standard library, the removal of the contractiveness requirement for implicit methods, 'requires' and 'ensuring' methods of Predef.scala, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.50a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes Cygwin updates and compatibility fixes.

EiffelStudio 6.2.7.3306 has been released. EiffelStudio is a cross-platform Eiffel implementation and development environment.

This release includes UI and compiler bug fixes.

The May 5, 2008 edition of 'This Week in Ruby' is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Ruby community.

The April 29 to May 6, 2008 edition of the Caml Weekly News is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Caml community.

It has been announced that a PyPy sprint will be held in Berlin, Germany, from May 17 to 22, 2008. PyPy is a Python implementation written in Python.

The May 6, 2008 edition of Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

F# 1.9.4 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: more consistent and symmetric operator overloading, additional nullness checking, object model enhancements, core library performance enhancements, bug fixes, and other changes.

Algol 68 Genie Mark 12 has been released. It is an open source Algol 68 interpreter.

This release includes: improved support for the parallel clause; interpreter performance improvements; UNTIL, FINISH and OUT options for the monitor; documentation updates; and other changes.

iForth32 3.0 has been released. iForth32 is a portable, multithreaded 32-bit ANS Forth implementation.

This release includes: support for OS-level threads and callbacks, a new graphics driver for X, new sound drivers, improved path name support, and other changes.

Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 has been released. It is a command line shell and scripting language for Windows, with a focus on system administration and automation.

This release includes: support for modules; support for listening, forwarding and acting on management and system events; support for multiple parameter sets in cmdlets; support for hosting PowerShell in IIS; and other changes.

Ctpp 1.0.31 has been released. It is a preprocessor for Ctalk, an object-oriented extension of C.

This release includes compatibility updates for Cygwin and DJGPP GCC.

Kite 1.0b1 has been released. Kite is a small, object-oriented language.

This release includes: tree, queue and stack collections; virtual machine performance improvements; and bug fixes.

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.

PHP 5.2.6 has been released. PHP is a general-purpose scripting language, suitable for Web development and embedding within HTML.

This release includes security and bug fixes.

It has been announced that the ACM Special Interest Group on the APL and J Languages is to be merged with the ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages.