[plt-dev] Release Announcement for v4.2.5 -- almost last version

I see. Instead of "more compatible" can you instead rewrite the
sentence to say what one might gain out that extra compatibility? If
not, I think the equation below gives you license to just remove the
word "more". FWIW.

Robby

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Before it was not compatible.
>
> Now we can't find any C-generated zos that fail the test:
>
> (equal? (parse c) (parse (emit (parse c))))
>
> But almost everything fails
>
> (equal? c (emit (parse c)))
>
> So it is more compatible than before... but we don't believe it is a
> re-implementation.
>
> This matters though, because the decompiler would error on some zos or
> give the wrong answer, but now it doesn't.
>
> Jay
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Robby Findler
> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>> What does "more compatible" mean (in bullet 5)?
>>
>> Robby
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> 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'.
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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