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

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'.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>>          ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x)))          Eli Barzilay:
>>                    http://barzilay.org/                   Maze is Life!
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