PLNews: Programming Language News

Gambas 2.9.0 has been released. Gambas is a development environment and BASIC-like language implementation with object-oriented extensions.

This release includes: IDE improvements, networking component fixes, Gambas Server Pages, bug fixes, and other changes.

Steel Bank Common Lisp 1.0.22 has been released. SBCL is a portable, open-source ANSI Common Lisp implementation.

This release includes: a new --script command line argument, support for SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE saving the current values of --dynamic-space-size and --control-stack-size in the executable core, the addition of the DONT-SAVE keyword argument to LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT, bug fixes, and other changes.

Scala 2.7.2 RC5 has been released. Scala is a statically typed, extensible, multi-paradigm language, offering object-oriented and functional support.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

cfunge 0.3.3 has been released. It is a Befunge98 interpreter.

This release includes: performance improvements, more predictable IO behaviour, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ejscript 0.9.3 has been released. It is an extended version of JavaScript.

This release includes: support for garbage collection, support for extended system classes, performance improvements, and other changes.

NASM 2.05.01 has been released. NASM is a portable x86-32 and x86-64 assembler, supporting a variety of platforms and object file formats.

This release includes a fix for the parsing of the warning enable/disable -W/-w option.

Ctalk 0.0.83a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: improved handling of object deletion, performance improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

International Lisp Conference 2009 has put out a call for submissions. "The emphasis will be on present and future applications of technologies that have been or might soon be associated with the Lisp programming language and/or related languages and software."

The submission deadline is December 9, 2008. The conference will be held from March 22 to 25, 2008, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Aspyct 1.0 Final has been released. It is a library that allows for aspect-oriented programming using Python.

This release includes: documentation updates, the addition of the atAvoid join point, the splitting of Aspyct into four modules, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ruby 1.9.1 preview1 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

PLT Scheme 4.1.2 has been released. PLT Scheme is a family of Scheme implementations, including DrScheme and MzScheme.

This release includes bug fixes.

Scala 2.7.2 RC4 has been released. Scala is a statically typed, extensible, multi-paradigm language, offering object-oriented and functional support.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Mumps Compiler 11.7 has been released. It is a multi-platform compiler for a subset of the Mumps language.

This release includes bug fixes.

The October 25, 2008 edition of the Haskell Weekly News is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Haskell community.

Mono 2.0.1 has been released. Mono is a portable, open source .NET CLI implementation.

This release includes bug fixes.

Parrot 0.8.0 has been released. Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently execute dynamic languages.

This release includes: the expansion of float precision from 6 significant digits to 15, the auto-promotion of large integers in PIR to avoid precision loss, improved precision of complex square root, support for exception handlers registering the types of exceptions they catch, updates to the Cardinal implementation of Ruby, updates to the Rakudo implementation of Perl 6, new and updated examples, documentation updates, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.82a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: the addition of the 'Application' class, API improvements, better performance, and other changes.

NASM 2.05 has been released. NASM is a portable x86-32 and x86-64 assembler, supporting a variety of platforms and object file formats.

This release includes: -O0 behaviour that matches the NASM 0.98 legacy behaviour, the -w-user option for suppressing the output of %warning directives, and overhaul of the ELF64 backend, and bug fixes.

The October 22, 2008 edition of Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Tcl world.

GNU CLISP 2.47 has been released. It is a portable, open-source ANSI Common Lisp implementation.

This release includes: the new DBUS module; new EXT:PROBE-PATHNAME, EXT:CANONICALIZE, and OS:USER-SHELLS functions; the printing of GC statistics by ROOM; improved ANSI compliance; bug fixes; and other changes.

Frink 2008-10-21 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: improved support for text alignment, and bug fixes.

It has been announced that the next meeting of the London Haskell User Group will be held on November 6, 2008. Duncan Coutts will discuss recent work on the Haskell Platform.

Digital Mars D 2.020 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: improved performance of AAs by rebalancing trees when rehashing, the implementation of 'immutable', the splitting of Phobos into two libraries, threading changes, bug fixes, and other changes.

Digital Mars D 1.036 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: improved performance of AAs by rebalancing trees while hashing, and bug fixes.

IronScheme 1.0 beta 1 has been released. It aims to be an R6RS-conforming Scheme implementation based on the .NET DLR.

This release includes: the implementation of the entire R6RS standard, documentation updates, bug fixes, and other changes.