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November 10, 2005

Neko 1.1 Released

Posted: 2005-11-10 08:55:00
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Neko 1.1 has been released. Neko is an intermediate language designed to offer a common runtime for different languages. NekoVM is a lightweight, embeddable virtual machine for executing Neko code.

This release includes: both Neko and NekoML compilers written in NekoML and available as bytecode libraries, thus being usable at runtime; an interactive console mode; the addition of $goto and switches to the Neko specification; rewritten and completed standard libraries; support for big-endian and 64-bit architectures; VM speed improvements; plus other changes.