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+Amber has been evolving furiously since the presentation at ESUG 2011 in Edinburgh less than 3 weeks ago.
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+This is a summary:
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+Language, compiler and runtime
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+- New 100x faster parser built using PEGjs instead of the old parser built using PetitParser.
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+- New much faster ChunkParser implementation in handwritten Amber instead of using PetitParser.
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+- Improved parsing error report with quoted source code plus marker pinpointing parsing error.
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+- Removed PetitParser since it is no longer needed by Amber itself.
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+- Added compiler optimizations in the form of speculative inlining of specific messages and control structures.
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+- Added support for dynamic Arrays, just like in Squeak/Pharo.
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+- Added support for similar dynamic Dictionaries, not seen in other Smalltalks.
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+- Added & and | as allowed binary selectors and implemented them in Boolean.
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+- Added a Set implementation.
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+- Added first basic support for real Packages with dependency information.
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+...and various extensions, enhancements and bug fixes to the library classes.
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+Development environment
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+- A working Debugger with integrated inspector, proceed etc.
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+- A new structure with
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+- A working amberc command line compiler including a Makefile for recompiling the whole Amber.
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+- Enabled TestRunner in the IDE for running unit tests based on SUnit.
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+- Added "File in" button in Workspace to easily paste and filein source code in chunk format in the IDE.
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+Example code and ports
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+- Ported ProfStef interactive tutorial, available on Amber homepage but also in examples directory.
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+- Included the ESUG presentation as an example also in the examples directory.
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+- Several new examples running on Node.js and webOS included, all with Makefiles.
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+Various other things
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+- Issue tracker on github now used as primary source, closed a bunch of reported issues.
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+- Wiki pages on github with information on how to port code from other Smalltalks, lists of articles, tutorials, roadmap and more.
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