PLNews: Programming Language News

Embeddable Common Lisp 0.9l has been released. It is a portable, open-source Common Lisp implementation.

This release includes: NIL of type LIST, support for the automatic generation of CHECK-TYPE forms for compiled functions, documentation updates, improved hashing on 64-bit systems, improved hashing of Unicode strings, CLOS-related updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and other changes.

The August 5, 2008 edition of the Python-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Python community.

Sleep 2.1 Update 2 has been released. Sleep is an embeddable scripting language implemented in Java, and inspired by Perl and Objective-C.

This release includes: import from that modifies the system classpath, foreach loops that accept Java iterators, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ctalk 0.0.65a has been released. Ctalk is an object-oriented extension to C.

This release includes: improved class variable expression analysis, new methods, and a new example program.

Frink 2008-08-02 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: more consistent handling of the switch between the Julian and the Gregorian calendars, updates to the astronomy libraries, functions to control output format, and other changes.

Seed7 2008-08-03 has been released. Seed7 is a strongly-typed, general-purpose language, offering object-oriented capabilities, exception handling, user-defined statements and operators, plus more.

This release includes: the renaming of the charsets.s7i library to chartype.s7i, a new charsets.s7i library, the addition of the encoding.s7i library, new library functions, improved code generation, and other changes.

Kite 1.0b4 has been released. Kite is a small, object-oriented language.

This release includes: improved regex support, new constructs for loop/method termination and property operator overriding, support for using C functions defined in external libraries, and other changes.

amforth 2.9 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: the addition of some standard words; the conversion of heap, here and edp to VALUEs; more VT100 sequences; bug fixes; and other changes.

Ypsilon 0.9.6 has been released. Ypsilon is a R6RS Scheme implementation, optimized for multi-core CPU systems.

This release includes bug fixes.

Aspyct 1.0 RC1 has been released. It is a library that allows for aspect-oriented programming using Python.

This release includes: support for creating custom join points, the removal of restoreAll, the addition of the PointCut class, bug fixes, and other changes.

The July 31, 2008 edition of the Haskell Weekly News is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Haskell community.

Hecl 20080730 has been released. Hecl is a high-level scripting language, implemented in Java.

This release includes: reflection support for the Android and J2SE versions, documentation updates, bug fixes, and other changes.

Neko 1.7.1 has been released. Neko is a high-level, dynamically typed intermediate language designed to offer a common runtime for different languages.

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

Larceny v0.963 has been released. It is a multi-platform Scheme implementation that supports the IEEE/ANSI, R5RS, ERR5RS and R6RS standards.

This release includes bug fixes.

haXe 2.0 has been released. haXe is a high-level, object-oriented language for developing Web sites and Web applications.

This release includes: a rewrite of the haxe.remoting package, the new haxe.io package, conditional compilation changes, the removal of the physical equality operators, a new haxe.Int32 class, support for resources, support for default values for optional parameters, library changes, haXe/PHP integration, and other changes.

MID4th 1.44 has been released. It is an open source Forth implementation for mobile devices.

This release includes: the new JOY word, support for UTF-8 and UTF-16 input, a working block editor, improved error handling, and other changes.

Planet Vancouver.rb has been announced. It is a aggregator drawing together Ruby-related information pertaining to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

WishLisp 0.0.1.3.2 has been released. It is a Lisp interpreter implemented in C#.

This release includes: recursion support, support for the < Common Lisp operator, support for several Common Lisp functions, and a new sample showing how to integrate WishLisp in a .NET application.

It has been announced that a Lisp meetup will be held in London, UK on August 9, 2008.

newLISP 9.4.4 has been released. newLISP is a portable, general purpose, Lisp-like scripting language.

This release includes: the elimination of the deprecated replace-assoc, documentation updates, bug fixes, and other changes.