PLNews: Programming Language News

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.

PyOhio has put out a call for presentations. It is a day-long regional mini-conference to be held on July 26, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.

OpenCOBOL 1.1-pre has been released. OpenCOBOL is a portable, open source COBOL implementation.

It has been announced that the next Scheme UK meeting will be held on May 28, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Python User Group Berlin meeting will be held on May 7, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Boston Ruby Group meeting will be held on May 13, 2008.

CHICKEN 3.2.0 has been released. CHICKEN is a portable Scheme compiler that emits C code.

This release includes: new srfi-69 and data-structures units factored out from the extras unit, the addition of 'file-copy' and 'file-move' to the utils unit, and other changes.

Scheme2Js 20080430 has been released. It is a Scheme compiler that emits JavaScript.

This release includes: runtime and compiler bug fixes.

Blue 1.5.4 has been released. Blue is a portable, high-level, dynamic programming language.

This release includes: performance improvements, a bugfix regarding the 'self' variable in 'do' and 'loop' blocks, and other changes.

Sleep 2.1-b24 has been released. Sleep is an embeddable scripting language implemented in Java, and inspired by Perl and Objective-C.

This release includes: improved support for circular data structures, a taint mode, and other changes.