root/trunk/orca/ChangeLog

    ORCA ChangeLog


V0.0.24 - 21 May 2006

    * Improved parse.
    * Added make-dir.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.23 - 26 February 2006

    * Foreach no longer creates a new context. Use 'rebol in config.r to
       get the old behavior.
    * Script header is now required.
    * Implemented do/args.
    * Implemented block parse.
    * Most math operators now work on tuples.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.22 - 09 December 2005

    * Improved parse string!.
    * Can now create words and numbers from strings.
    * Added reverse & exit.
    * Moved project config to config.r
    * Fixed closure bugs.


V0.0.21 - 31 October 2005

    * Changed context implementation to use blocks.
    * Added garbage collector stress test.
    * Code cleanup.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.20 - 16 October 2005

    * Added port! framework (OPortDevice struct, open, close, read & write).
    * Added compose.
    * Can now tokenize pair! & vec3!
    * Implemented path lookup for port! pair! vec3! & matrix!.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.19 - 25 September 2005

        * Added list! and optional vec3! & matrix! datatypes.
    * Added abs, negate.
    * Implemented to-set-word word!.
    * Added orRegisterFileLoader().
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.18 - 03 September 2005

    * Added getenv, charset, dirize, & clean-path.
    * Implemented make bitset! & print bitset!.
    * Implemented parse set-word!, any bitset!, & some bitset!.
    * Implemented find & find/last for char! value.
    * Changed 'now to create date! by default
    * Qt - Added show & on-event handler.
    * Started playing with an OpenGL version.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.17 - 19 August 2005

    * Added Qt version.
    * Added same?, rename, delete, compress & decompress (using bzip2).
    * Improved functionality of insert, change, copy & pick.
    * Implemented call/output.
    * $ at the start of a token now denotes a hexidecimal integer!.
    * Boot scripts can now be bytecode.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.16 - 06 August 2005

    * x86_64 architecture now supported.
    * Form & write now print object values rather than ?object?.
    * Call now handles commands with arguments on Unix.
    * Blocks can now be converted to byte-code (via to-binary/to-block).
    * Added orHold and orRelease C functions.
    * Added experimental dec-array! & int-array! series datatypes.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.15 - 29 April 2005

    * Working on parse.
    * Function throw flag now works.
    * Implemented load/lines, find/match.
    * Created OS portability layer. 
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.14 - 16 April 2005

    * Added tuple!.
    * System/version & system/words are now set.
    * Added natives - type?/word, trig functions, compare functions, in, use,
       random.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.13 - 09 April 2005

    * Can tokenize and print base 16 binaries.
    * Binaries are now stored as strings.
    * Function spec blocks can now specify [catch] or [throw].  This currently
       does not effect error behavior but does allows existing functions to
       be used.
    * Natives - Added until, at, select, load, exists?, dir?, modified?,
       lowercase, uppercase, clear, head?, to, unset.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.12 - 04 April 2005

    * Natives - Added foreach, repeat, last, and most datatype queries.
    * Bugfixes & cleanup.


V0.0.11 - 27 March 2005

    * Improved garbage collection.
    * Tokenizer - Most special characters work for string! and char! tokens.
                  Now parses tag!.
                  Now sets more EOL flags.
    * Natives - Added skip.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.10 - 26 March 2005

    * Rewrote garbage collector.  Collection is now triggered when blocks
       are created.
    * Arguments in spec blocks can now check for series! & number!
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.9 - 23 March 2005

    * Errors now print "** Near: ...".  The code which looks for the start
       of the error needs work.
    * Bugfixes.


V0.0.8 - 21 March 2005

    * Implemented try, catch & throw.
    * disarm now uses system/error-types block.
    * print & probe of file! no longer prints garbage.


V0.0.7 - 19 March 2005

    * Orca can now run the boot.r script.
    * Added about 30 natives and functions (those required by boot.r)
    * Special string characters ^/ and ^- are handled.
    * Added debugging function orDumpStack().
    * Other bugfixes & additions.


V0.0.6 - 13 March 2005

    * Implemented refinements with arguments and argument type checking.
    * Natives with arguments now require specifications which are set in the
       boot script.
    * 'make logic!' now works.  Logic words are now set in boot script.
    * Tokenize now handles decimal! and creates error! upon failure.
    * Added OTime, 'now native, and 'time-block function.
    * Added TRACK_MALLOC.
    * Various other bugfixes & additions.


V0.0.5 - 25 February 2005

    * Redesigned contexts to support recursive functions.
    * Bind is now recursive.
    * /local refinement now works.
    * Function spec block now kept.
    * System now defined in boot.r
    * Added natives - error?, disarm.


V0.0.4 - 12 February 2005

    * Functions partially working (no recursion).
    * Fixed more infix operator bugs.
    * Evaluator now does parenthesis.


V0.0.3 - 08 February 2005

    * Added regression tests.
    * Fixed operator evaluation and assignment.
    * Evaluator now handles set-path!.
    * Added natives - does, form, mold, reduce, poke, length?, series?, third.
    * Tokenize now reads issue!.


V0.0.2 - 22 January 2005

    * Added garbage collector.
    * Added natives - recycle, bind, type?, if.
    * Can now use 'make' on an existing object.
    * Started implementation of path!, function! and refinement!.
    * Evaluator now handles get-word!, lit-word!, path! and lit-path!.


V0.0.1 - 16 January 2005

    * Tokenize now reads file! and long format string!.
    * Added natives - do, make, protect, first, second, & pick.
    * make object! works.
    * Datatype words are set during init.
    * Added operators +, -, *, /.
    * Word protect bit now honored.


V0.0.0 - 15 January 2005

    * Initial public release.