PLNews: Programming Language News

Tcl/Tk 8.4.19 RC0 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

Generic Haskell 1.80 (Emerald) has been released. Generic Haskell is an extension of Haskell that supports generic programming.

This release includes: support for generic views for generic types, and improvements to the implementation of type-indexed types.

Cat 1.0 beta 3 has been released. Cat is a functional, stack-based programming language inspired by Joy.

This release includes: the automatic loading of the standard library, documentation updates, standard library bug fixes, support for searching for definitions matching a particular prefix, and other changes.

Cobra 0.8 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: support for built-in sets, support for adding methods to existing types, bitwise operators, built-in unsigned int types, new command line options, new warnings, a configurable number type, bug fixes, and other changes.

haXe/PHP has been announced. It is an extended version of the haXe compiler, targeting PHP.

The April 10, 2008 edition of the Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Tcl community.

Blue 1.5.2 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: support for the 'arg' keyword, performance improvements, new tests, and bug fixes.

RubyJS 0.7.0 has been released. RubyJS compiles Ruby source code to JavaScript.

This is the first public release of RubyJS.

It has been announced that the next Toronto-Area Python User's Group meeting will be held on April 15, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Seattle Perl Users Group meeting will be held on April 15, 2008.

Erlang/OTP R12B-2 has been released. Erlang is a general-purpose language, offering support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance.

This release includes bug fixes.

Scala 2.7.1 RC1 has been released. Scala is a statically typed, extensible, multi-paradigm language, offering object-oriented and functional support.

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

The 15th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference has put out a call for papers and participation.

Submissions are due by July 15, 2008. The conference will be held from October 20 to 24, 2008, in Manassas, VA.

dasm 2.20.11 has been released. It is a macro assembler for a variety of 8-bit microprocessors.

EiffelStudio 6.2.7.2969 has been released. EiffelStudio is a cross-platform Eiffel implementation and development environment.

This release includes: improved {FILE}.read_stream performance, {SOCKET}.read_stream and {WEL_REGISTRY}.enumerate_key fixes, and other changes.

eTcl 1.0-rc28 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes: fixes to the Pixane and Scene extensions, a fix for freeing memory twice on Win32, and other changes.

The Pow! Oberon-2 User Group has been announced. It is a group for the discussion of Pow!, an Oberon-2 implementation and development environment for Windows.

SigScheme 0.8.2 has been released. It is a small Scheme interpreter, suitable for embedded use.

This release includes fixes so that 'make check' does not pass all tests even if some fail.

Scheme2Js 20080407 has been released. It is a Scheme compiler that emits JavaScript.

This release includes new runtime functions and bug fixes.

Cat 1.0 beta 2 has been released. Cat is a functional, stack-based programming language inspired by Joy.

This release includes bug fixes.