This sounds really impressive and I don't even understand half of it! Thanks to everyone involved.
On Monday 06 June 2005 07:12 pm, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > GT.M V5.0-000 is now available. V5.0-000 is a major release of GT.M. The > fact that it has a new top level version number - V5 vs. V4 - means that > it has a new database format. There is significant new functionality as > well, as described in the V5.0-000 Release Notes > (http://www.sanchez-gtm.com/user_documentation/targets/GTM_V5.0-000_Release >_Notes.html). > > Even though a database format change affects every index and data block > in the database, GT.M V5.0-000 comes with an upgrade procedure that > operates mostly in parallel with normal application operation. Stand > alone access is required typically only for a few seconds. Note that > for applications deployed in a logical dual site configuration, the > upgrade can be accomplished with continuous application availability. > > The most significant enhancements in this release are as follows: > > 1. Transaction counts are increased from 32 bits to 64 bits. > > 2. M names can be up to 31 characters long. > > 3. A new intrinsic function, $INCREMENT(glvn[,expr]), is provided to > atomically increment a global variable by a numeric value. > > 4. Network services can now be written in GT.M and deployed under > inetd/xinetd. > > 5. On the secondary of an application deployed in a logical dual site > configuration, helper processes can now be used to speed the rate at > which updates can be committed to disk. > > 6. There is now an option for a database file to allow existing global > variable nodes with null subscripts but to prohibit setting/updating > global variables with null subscripts. > > 7. On OpenVMS, upper and lower case labels in M routines can be the > target of a call from an external C routine to an M routine. > > 8. GT.M traditionally collated a null subscript between numeric > subscripts and string subscripts. The M standard specifies that null > subscripts be collated before numeric subscripts. When a database file > is created, it can now be created to use either traditional GT.M > collation or M standard collation for null subscripts. > > Please see the announcement of the release > (http://www.sanchez-gtm.com/news/news_060605.htm). > > GT.M for x86 GNU/Linux used under the GNU General Public License (GPL) > can be downloaded from Source Forge > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sanchez-gtm). Software for customers > who have purchased support can be downloaded from the GT.M FTP site. > > Please also visit the new documentation area in the GT.M project page > (http://www.sanchez-gtm.com/user_documentation/user_doc.htm). > Henceforth, we intend to make all documentation available there. > > Regards > -- Bhaskar -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
