Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released

At long last, Parrot-0.0.11 "Doubloon" has been released!

This release features direct generation of executable binaries, dramatically improved documentation, and a built-in bread maker! Get it while it's hot from CPAN, or join the party by getting the latest CVS checkout by following the directions at dev.perl.org.

Enhancements in 0.0.11 include:

Executable output
Dynamic PMC registration
Trial exception system
Beginnings of object system
Iterators
Ordered hashes
I/O system improvements
References
Documentation for basic PMC types
IMCC support of Parrot Calling Conventions
Runtime loading of chartypes (and other string improvements)
Conditional breakpoints
Dramatically accelerated sweeps for finalizable objects
Small PMCs (PMCs split into core and extensions)
Loadable bytecode packfiles
Constant PMCs
Sub variants that deal with the stack correctly
Switched runops core
Line numbers in warnings
Environment access
Many documentation cleanups
Conversion to CPS style!
BASIC debugger and many other wacky features
Filename, line number parsing support in IMCC

If you would like to join in the fun, see the mailing list or its archive. All discussion occurs on the perl6-internals mailing list. Start from parrotcode.org for information on all Parroty things. Our immediate future plans include exceptions and objects, so now's a good time to jump in if those things grab you.

(Oh, and I was kidding about the bread maker.)

Comment on Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released

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Re: Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released by sfink (Deacon) on Sep 21, 2003 at 01:02 UTC
Even better, I just released Parrot 0.0.11.1, codenamed "oops!". It'll show up at http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/S/SF/SFINK/parrot-0.0.11.1.tar.gz any minute now. I neglected to update some native-format bytecode tests. I think you'll only notice a difference between 'make test' for the two tarballs on big-endian machines. Or something like that.	[reply]
Re: Re: Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released by Anonymous Monk on Sep 21, 2003 at 09:06 UTC
Sorry to ask here, but is there a simple work-around for this? `parrot-0.0.11.1>perl configure.pl Too many components to VERSION file contents: '0.0.11.1' (should be 3) +! at lib/Parrot/BuildUtil.pm line 48.` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released by Elian (Parson) on Sep 22, 2003 at 12:35 UTC
Yep, download 0.0.11.2, code name "Damn!" :) Should be up on CPAN reasonably soon. Or sync up with CVS, if you have that capability, as we fixed the problem that caused this error.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released by Anonymous Monk on Sep 22, 2003 at 15:24 UTC
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released by Elian (Parson) on Sep 22, 2003 at 15:29 UTC
Re: Re: Re: Parrot 0.0.11 "Doubloon" released by Asim (Hermit) on Sep 22, 2003 at 12:39 UTC
There's a fix already on the mailing list, check out the link. I used it, and it works. Well, except for all the unrelated compile errors on my Win32 box. grumble Think I'll crank up cygwin again... ----Asim, known to some as Woodrow.	[reply]