What does "more compatible" mean (in bullet 5)? Robby
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Eli Barzilay <[email protected]> wrote: > Mail me if you have any last-minute changes. Also, Sam: I need that > improved entry. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * PLT now supports multi-core parallelism via futures. Futures > create tasks that run in parallel, as long as the tasks stay in > the "fast path" of the runtime system. For more information, see: > http://tinyurl.com/futuresguide . > > * Our unit testing framework, schemeunit, is now included in the > distribution. A graphical test runner is available via > schemeunit/gui. > > * New Russian and Ukranian translations, thanks to Sergey Semerikov. > > * The support languages for the "Programming Languages: Application > and Interpretation" textbook by Shriram Krishnamurthi are now part > of PLT Scheme. In addition the PLAI GC language comes with a > random mutator generator (to help test collectors) and an improved > heap visualizer. > > * The Scheme-implemented bytecode reader, writer, and decompiler is > now more compatible with the C-implemented bytecode reader and > writer. > > * The `scheme/class' library now provides contract combinators for > classes (`class/c') and objects (`object/c'). See the Reference > and Guide for details. Also, a backwards-compatible > `object-contract' version of `object/c' has replaced the old > `object-contract' combinator. > > * Writing new kinds of contracts is now easier with keyword-based > constructors (`make-contract' and `make-flat-contract'), a > simpler set of structure properties (`prop:contract' and > `prop:flat-contract'), and the introduction of blame objects for > tracking contract metadata. > > * A number of improvements to Redex's typesetting facilities. > > * The language dialog now suggests using "#lang" more strongly as > the default language. DrScheme no longer uses the term `Module > language'. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: > http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
