[plt-dev] Release Announcement for v4.2, second call
The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below, it's
closer to proper text, but more input is needed. Note also the items
that I don't know if it's worth mentioning or not. Please mail me new
items and/or edits.
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PLT Scheme version 4.2 is now available from
http://plt-scheme.org/
* A substantial part of MrEd (the editor classes) is now
implemented in Scheme. [Need to say something about thousands
of lines that were migrated etc.]
* On-demand instantiation of module phases. [I don't know how to
summarize that effectively.]
* A new statistical profiler is now available, currently it
supports only a textual output, and a GUI interface will be
added and integrated into DrScheme. (See the "profiler" manual
for more information.)
* The `world' teachpack is now deprecated; its replacement
(`universe') has a new interface, using strings instead of
symbols and chars.
* Web-server: Native continuations in serial language, soft
state, and typos.
* The stepper can now jump to a selected program expression.
* New in `scheme/base': `hash-has-key?', `hash-ref!',
`in-sequences', `in-cycle'; and new in `scheme': `count', `make-list'
(from `scheme/list'), `const' (from `scheme/function')
I'm not sure that these should have an item:
* make-rename-transformer => free-identifier=? (v5.1.5.2)
* free-id=? propagation through module exports; add
'not-free-identifier=? syntax property to disable free-id=?
propagation; add prop:rename-transformer and
prop:set-transformer; fix scheme/local so that local syntax
bindings are visible to later definitions (v4.1.5.3)
* per-thread cpu timing
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