Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!news.glorb.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: tm Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Seed7 Release 2011-09-18 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:45:31 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 55 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <11-09-020@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1316394906 97179 64.57.183.58 (19 Sep 2011 01:15:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:15:06 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: available Posted-Date: 18 Sep 2011 21:15:06 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compilers:270 Hello, I have released a new version of Seed7: seed7_05_20110918.tgz In the Seed7 programming language new statements and operators can be declared easily. Types are first class objects and therefore templates/generics need no special syntax. Object orientation is used when it brings advantages and not in places when other solutions are more obvious. Seed7 is covered by the GPL (and LGPL for the Seed7 runtime library). Changelog: - Support for 'drwGetPixel' was added to the compiler (thanks to DJ Redick, for reporting compilation problems with wator.sd7"). - FAQ answers, explaining how interpreter and compiler look for include libraries, were improved. - The function 'str', which converts a bigInteger number to a string representation with a given base, was added to "bigint.s7i". - Documentation comments in "float.s7i" and "socket.s7i" were improved. - In "float.s7i" the function 'isnan' was renamed to 'isNaN' and the function 'isNegativeZero' was added. - Runtime library and compiler (comp.sd7) were improved, such that float operations work according to IEEE 754. - The test program "chkflt.sd7" was improved to check IEEE 754 floating point conformance. - The program "chk_all.sd7" was improved to call "chkflt.sd7". - The "bas7" example program was improved (functions 'ERL' and 'LIST' added, division by zero handled correctly). - BigInteger multiplication in the compiler was improved to use 'bigSquare', when a number is multiplied with itself. - The compiler was improved to take into account that the actions "SCR_" were renamed to "CON_". - The performance of 'bigCmp' and 'bigFromInt32' in "big_rtl.c", was improved. - The program "chkccomp.c" was improved to check the IEEE 754 support. It checks comparisons with NaN, the creation of negative Zero and the 'pow' function with a zero base. - To reach IEEE 754 floating point conformance the functions flt_cmp, flt_eq, flt_ge, flt_gt, flt_isnegativezero, flt_le, flt_lt, flt_ne, flt_pow in "fltlib.c" and the functions setupFloat, fltCmp, fltEq, fltGe, fltGt, fltIsNegativeZero, fltLe, fltLt, fltPow, fltStr in "flt_rtl.c" were added or improved. - The makefiles were improved to link "chkccomp.c" with the math library (e.g.: -lm). Greetings Thomas Mertes -- Seed7 Homepage: http://seed7.sourceforge.net Seed7 - The extensible programming language: User defined statements and operators, abstract data types, templates without special syntax, OO with interfaces and multiple dispatch, statically typed, interpreted or compiled, portable, runs under linux/unix/windows.