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Bigloo (v1.7) ,--^,
a `Scheme' compiler _ ___/ /|/
Fri Jan 20 13:04:45 MET 1995 ,;'( )__, ) '
Manuel Serrano ;; // L__.
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The new release (1.7) of Bigloo, a Scheme compiler and interpreter,
is now available by ftp at the address
[192.93.2.54] `ftp.inria.fr:/INRIA/Projects/icsla/Implementations'
This new release was successfully compiled on:
- SPARC 1, 2, 10 (under SunOS 4.xx and Solaris 2.xx)
- SONY-NEWS (mips r3000)
- DEC Station 3100 (mips r3000)
- HP-PA (730)
- PC-linux 1.1.61 (i486)
- DEC Station Alpha (OSF/1 V2.0)
The compiler should run correctly (but has not been tested) on:
- NeXT 68k
- IBM RS-6000 (AIX)
Major changes from the release 1.6 are:
- An `assertion' mechanism has been added.
- Improvement of the `repl' function.
- Addition of new optimizations (type bigloo -help).
- Utilization of the new Boehm's GC release (v 4.3)
- Port for 64 bits architecture.
- Rgc improvements.
- Redesign of the pretty-printer (Bigloo now, uses the Marc Feeley's
one).
- Addition of user's hash-tables.
- Addition of the function `open-input-string' which open an input
port on strings.
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Manuel SERRANO (tel: +33 (1) 39-63-57-32 email: ··············@inria.fr)
INRIA-Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX, FRANCE
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