Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: PLASMA 2.0 Alpha 2 Available! Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:20:23 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 20 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:20:23 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="1102ea4299ac2d422c2bcffc98c117c7"; logging-data="628253"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+x4O4jb1XiAoac71gDRFv/" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:1afQ4GOj1lEzsVdHkXuUW2gQWyw= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:6001 Dave Schmenk says "Let's start 2023 off with some critical bug fixes." 1. Improved entry/exit for 128K Apple IIe //c 2. Improved entry for Apple /// 3. Improved entry and function calls for 16 bit VM 4. Apple3 ReadyToRun compatible images PLASMA is a medium level programming language targeting the 8-bit 6502 processor. Historically, there were simple languages developed in the early years of computers that improved on the tedium of assembly language programming while still being low level enough for system coding. Languages like B, FORTH, and PLASMA fall into this category. Check it out: https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA/releases