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  1. Release 0.10 (on it's way)
  2. ==========================
  3. Here's a summary of change since the 0.9.1 release:
  4. - Travis CI jobs
  5. - Almost 300 issues closed
  6. - 150 new unit tests written
  7. - All classes in the Kernel are documented
  8. - New and much improved compiler toolchain, providing:
  9. - Semantic analysis
  10. - AST Node annotation
  11. - Intermediate representation (easier to optimize)
  12. - Better inlining
  13. - an AST interpreter
  14. - support for blocks contexts
  15. - SUnit improvements and cleanup, with support for async assertions
  16. - New build system based on gruntjs, replacing the old makefiles
  17. - Improved ClassBuilder with better class migration support
  18. - New bin/amberc compiler written in Amber
  19. - Improved loader for third party packages
  20. - New IDE on it's way for Amber 1.0
  21. 16th January 2012 - Release 0.9.1
  22. =================================
  23. Here's a summary of changes since the 0.9 release:
  24. - 80 new unit tests written
  25. - 52 issues fixed
  26. - All classes in Kernel-Objects, Kernel-Classes and Kernel-Methods has been documented
  27. - New documentation framework (see http://amber-lang.net/documentation.html)
  28. - Better class organisations, "Kernel" package split into several packages
  29. - First class packages have replaced class categories
  30. - Internet Explorer 7+ compatibility
  31. - New Announcement framework ported from Pharo
  32. - New console-based REPL written in Amber using node.js
  33. - Symbol class implemented together with object identity and #==
  34. - New OrderedCollection and Set implementation
  35. - Dictionary can now have any kind of object as keys. String-key dictionary has been renamed HashedCollection
  36. - New TwitterWall example
  37. - Improved HTML Canvas, now compatible with IE7
  38. - Improved JSObjectProxy for seamless JavaScript objects access from Amber
  39. - No more jQuery binding. Amber is fully capable of sending messages to JavaScript objects
  40. 13th September 2011 - Release 0.9
  41. =================================
  42. Amber has been evolving furiously since the presentation at ESUG 2011 in Edinburgh less than 3 weeks ago.
  43. This is a summary:
  44. Language, compiler and runtime
  45. - New 100x faster parser built using PEGjs instead of the old parser built using PetitParser.
  46. - New much faster ChunkParser implementation in handwritten Amber instead of using PetitParser.
  47. - Improved parsing error report with quoted source code plus marker pinpointing parsing error.
  48. - Removed PetitParser since it is no longer needed by Amber itself.
  49. - Added compiler optimizations in the form of speculative inlining of specific messages and control structures.
  50. - Added support for dynamic Arrays, just like in Squeak/Pharo.
  51. - Added support for similar dynamic Dictionaries, not seen in other Smalltalks.
  52. - Added & and | as allowed binary selectors and implemented them in Boolean.
  53. - Added a Set implementation.
  54. - Added first basic support for real Packages with dependency information.
  55. ...and various extensions, enhancements and bug fixes to the library classes.
  56. Development environment
  57. - A working Debugger with integrated inspector, proceed etc.
  58. - A new structure with
  59. - A working amberc command line compiler including a Makefile for recompiling the whole Amber.
  60. - Enabled TestRunner in the IDE for running unit tests based on SUnit.
  61. - Added "File in" button in Workspace to easily paste and filein source code in chunk format in the IDE.
  62. Example code and ports
  63. - Ported ProfStef interactive tutorial, available on Amber homepage but also in examples directory.
  64. - Included the ESUG presentation as an example also in the examples directory.
  65. - Several new examples running on Node.js and webOS included, all with Makefiles.
  66. Various other things
  67. - Issue tracker on github now used as primary source, closed a bunch of reported issues.
  68. - Wiki pages on github with information on how to port code from other Smalltalks, lists of articles, tutorials, roadmap and more.