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[Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.2d released
From: |
Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
[Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.2d released |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:56:51 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Macintosh/20061025) |
This should be the last release candidate for GNU Smalltalk 2.3. In
fact no change should be necessary between 2.2d and 2.3.
The release is available from:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-2.2d.tar.gz
The changes from 2.2c are:
- An exception to the GPL is included in all the virtual machine's
source files. The exception allows Smalltalk programs to be combined
with the virtual machine, and with any library bindings that bear the
same exception, without the need to distribute the Smalltalk program
under the GNU GPL too. This of course does not invalidate any reason
why the Smalltalk program would need to be distributed under the GNU GPL
(including using GPLed class libraries, or dynamically linking GPLed
libraries such as GNU readline).
- RegexResults objects are created from C code rather than Smalltalk
code. This should improve speed, even though it was done mostly for
didactic reasons.
- C call-out do not necessarily create a new context. This also causes
performance improvements.
- Brad Watson's ncurses bindings are included.
- A severe bug in ObjectMemory class>>#quit: (latent since forever, but
exposed recently) was fixed.
- A couple of packaging fixes, needed for Jochen Schmitt's Fedora RPMs.
Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release.
Paolo
- [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.2d released,
Paolo Bonzini <=
Re: [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.2d released, Stewart Stremler, 2006/11/29