I have released "Amber for Parrot" version 0.4.0 (Induction):
Downloads: http://xamber.org/download.html
Release history: http://xamber.org/history.html
Project home page: http://xamber.org/index.html
"Amber for Parrot" is an Eiffel-like scripting language for the Parrot
Virtual Machine.
Changes since version 0.3.1:
- The "old" keyword is implemented
- Unary plus & minus now have higher precedence than dot-calls
in a Call_chain
- New test to check operator precedence
- Minor change to code generation for manifest integer constants
- Square-bracket indexing of Hash and Array implemented for
single dimensions
- New test for copying/reference semantics and aliasing
- Implemented outer lexicals for AGENTs (read-only)
- New test for outer variables
- Added Ackermann benchmark to examples/shootout
- Inspect_instruction now accepts multiple Expressions in
When_part
- New test for the Inspect_instruction
- Various bug fixes and tweaks
- Estimated progress towards release 1.0: language constructs 46%,
libraries 6%, documentation 4%, robustness 5%
Roger Browne
