Cross platform and open source, I trust. The name itself might need some help - maybe funMUMPS. ;-)
On Sunday 18 December 2005 12:33 pm, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: For all you Schemers and LISPers out there. I've been running the latest development release of PLT Scheme (under OS X, of course) and am very happy with it, and am now installing v300. And who knows? Maybe someday we'll have VistA on fMUMPS. Begin forwarded message: > From: Eli Barzilay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: December 18, 2005 9:22:57 AM PST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [plt-scheme] PLT Scheme v300 > > PLT Scheme version 300 is now available from > > http://download.plt-scheme.org/ > > Version 300 offers many improvements over version 209 (the previous > stable release), including: > > * Unicode characters and strings > > * access to foreign functions and libraries directly from Scheme > > * anti-aliased drawing (on most platforms), with improved GUI and > text performance on Mac OS X and a more modern look for X11 > > * DrScheme's initial configuration guides new users to pick a > language, instead of defaulting to HtDP "Beginner Scheme" > > * tabbed editing in DrScheme > > * a Debug button in DrScheme provides limited debugging support > > * PLaneT (distribution system) enhancements, including compilation > support, Help Desk integration, and a command-line interface > > * FrTime refinements and performance enhancements > > * improved "image.ss" and "world.ss" teachpacks for HtDP > > * a new "Java+dynamic" ProfessorJ language that streamlines > interoperability between Scheme and Java > > * continuations that are portable among threads > > * reader extensions via readtables, printer customization through > structure properties, and support for structure serialization > > * improved contract library, macro system, class system (augment-only > methods), and OpenGL support; #:-prefixed keywords and a library > for procedures with keyword arguments > > * user files moved to registry-specified locations under Windows > > * web-server improvements and bug fixes, including a revised > configuration format; see the documentation for details > > * new games: Parcheesi, Jewel, Spider, 3-D checkers, and more :) > > * PLT is pleased to provide its own technical reports series for now. > The site comes with its own bibtex entries so that you can properly > refer to the pieces of PLT Scheme if you have the urge to publish > papers. > > http://www.plt-scheme.org/techreports/ > > Many programs that run in the v200 series of PLT Scheme must be > changed to work with version 300. The most significant > incompatibilities include (1) support for Unicode breaks old programs > that treat characters as bytes or pathnames as strings; (2) > case-sensitivity is now the default; (3) the built-in exception > hierarchy has been revised; and (4) many methods in the GUI toolkit > must now be `augment'ed instead of `override'n. > > For more details, follow the "Release" and then "Release Notes" links > in Help Desk, or see > http://pre.plt-scheme.org/plt/notes/mzscheme/MzScheme_300.txt > http://pre.plt-scheme.org/plt/notes/mzscheme/HISTORY > http://pre.plt-scheme.org/plt/notes/mred/HISTORY > http://pre.plt-scheme.org/plt/notes/drscheme/HISTORY > Complete history changes are at: > http://download.plt-scheme.org/chronology/ > > Feedbackk VVelkome. > -- > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli > Barzilay: > http://www.barzilay.org/ Maze is > Life! > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We ascribe beauty to that which is simple." --Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
