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[Oorexx-announce] ooRexx 4.0 Beta now Available

From: David Ashley <david.ibm@gm...> - 2009-04-12 16:19

The first beta of ooRexx 4.0 is now available at
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119701
(SourceForge). The beta program will last as long as necessary or until
the team deems the product ready for release. The team believes the beta
will last until at least until May 30, 2009. This should give everyone
time for testing their current production programs against this new
release. But if additional time is needed then the team will consider
such requests.

Here is a partial list of the enhancements and improvements available in
ooRexx 4.0.

- The entire guts of the interpreter have been ripped out and replaced.
This will enhance the interpreter in several ways including specifically
performance, maintainability, and extensibility.

- A whole new set of application programming interfaces (APIs) have been
added. Although these utilize C++ they are extremely easy to use. All of
the external function libraries have been upgraded to use these new APIs.

- RexxUtil and all the other standard external function libraries have
been converted to utilize the new C++ APIs. In many cases this will
improve the execution speed of some of the functions.

- Several new utility classes have been added including a sockets class,
Mime classes, and SMTP classes.

- The documentation has been enhanced and includes additional
information on the new C++ APIs as well as the new classes and methods
that are available.

- The *nix versions of rxapi now runs as a system wide daemon. Shared
memory has been eliminated in this program and it now uses a sockets
interface for communication.

- ooDialog has been revised to utilize the new C++ APIs. Many new
classes and methods have been added. A large number of bugs have also
been fixed.

- The ooRexx Subversion incubator also has a number of new subprojects
which demonstrate the new C++ APIs. These include RexxGTK and
Mod_ooRexx, both of which will be released soon after
ooRexx 4.0 is released.

We also hope to expand the number of platforms the ooRexx supports but
as yet we have no specifc plans in this area.

W. David Ashley
for the ooRexx Team

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[Oorexx-announce] ooRexx 4.0 Beta now Available	David Ashley <david.ibm@gm...>

Re: [Oorexx-announce] ooRexx 4.0 Beta now Available

From: Locke & Logan <thelastwave@co...> - 2009-04-12 17:23

Outstanding!!

Locke & Logan's

On Apr 12, 2009, at 12:19, David Ashley <david.ashley.ibm@gm...>
wrote:

> The first beta of ooRexx 4.0 is now available at
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119701
> (SourceForge). The beta program will last as long as necessary or
> until
> the team deems the product ready for release. The team believes the
> beta
> will last until at least until May 30, 2009. This should give everyone
> time for testing their current production programs against this new
> release. But if additional time is needed then the team will consider
> such requests.
>
> Here is a partial list of the enhancements and improvements
> available in
> ooRexx 4.0.
>
> - The entire guts of the interpreter have been ripped out and
> replaced.
> This will enhance the interpreter in several ways including
> specifically
> performance, maintainability, and extensibility.
>
> - A whole new set of application programming interfaces (APIs) have
> been
> added. Although these utilize C++ they are extremely easy to use.
> All of
> the external function libraries have been upgraded to use these new
> APIs.
>
> - RexxUtil and all the other standard external function libraries have
> been converted to utilize the new C++ APIs. In many cases this will
> improve the execution speed of some of the functions.
>
> - Several new utility classes have been added including a sockets
> class,
> Mime classes, and SMTP classes.
>
> - The documentation has been enhanced and includes additional
> information on the new C++ APIs as well as the new classes and methods
> that are available.
>
> - The *nix versions of rxapi now runs as a system wide daemon. Shared
> memory has been eliminated in this program and it now uses a sockets
> interface for communication.
>
> - ooDialog has been revised to utilize the new C++ APIs. Many new
> classes and methods have been added. A large number of bugs have also
> been fixed.
>
> - The ooRexx Subversion incubator also has a number of new subprojects
> which demonstrate the new C++ APIs. These include RexxGTK and
> Mod_ooRexx, both of which will be released soon
> after
> ooRexx 4.0 is released.
>
> We also hope to expand the number of platforms the ooRexx supports but
> as yet we have no specifc plans in this area.
>
>
> W. David Ashley
> for the ooRexx Team
>
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[Oorexx-announce] ooRexx 4.0 Beta Refresh now Available

From: Mark Miesfeld <miesfeld@ac...> - 2009-04-15 05:09

> The first beta of ooRexx 4.0 is now available at
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119701
> (SourceForge). The beta program will last as long as necessary or until
> the team deems the product ready for release.

The beta has been rebuilt and all files on SourceForge have been refreshed.
The refreshed build contains fixes for all bugs reported up to this date.

The first two days of the beta release had 7 or 8 bugs and a couple of
documentation items reported in Tracker on SourceForge. All of these have
been fixed.

I would strongly urge anyone with an interest in ooRexx at all to please
test the beta version with your programs. At this point, the more different
programs that are run on the beta, the more likely it is that the last
lingering bugs will be uncovered.

If you find a bug now in the beta, it will be fixed in the 4.0.0 release.
If you wait to test your programs until the release comes out and find a
bug, it will not be fixed until the next release. You have nothing to lose
and everything to gain by testing now.

The ooRexx Team

Re: [Oorexx-announce] ooRexx 4.0 Beta Refresh now Available

From: Bob Coleman <rcoleman0@gm...> - 2009-04-16 02:00

How do I report a problem I'm having with the beta that I did not have
with the prior version.

Mark Miesfeld wrote:
>> The first beta of ooRexx 4.0 is now available at
>> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119701
>> (SourceForge). The beta program will last as long as necessary or until
>> the team deems the product ready for release.
>
> The beta has been rebuilt and all files on SourceForge have been
> refreshed.
> The refreshed build contains fixes for all bugs reported up to this date.
>
> The first two days of the beta release had 7 or 8 bugs and a couple of
> documentation items reported in Tracker on SourceForge. All of these
> have
> been fixed.
>
> I would strongly urge anyone with an interest in ooRexx at all to please
> test the beta version with your programs. At this point, the more
> different
> programs that are run on the beta, the more likely it is that the last
> lingering bugs will be uncovered.
>
> If you find a bug now in the beta, it will be fixed in the 4.0.0 release.
> If you wait to test your programs until the release comes out and find a
> bug, it will not be fixed until the next release. You have nothing to
> lose
> and everything to gain by testing now.
>
> The ooRexx Team
>
>
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>
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--

Bob Coleman
rcoleman0@gm...

Re: [Oorexx-announce] ooRexx 4.0 Beta Refresh now Available

From: Mark Miesfeld <miesfeld@ac...> - 2009-04-16 02:13

Bob Coleman Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:00 PM

> How do I report a problem I'm having with the beta that I did
> not have
> with the prior version.

Go to SourceForge, the Tracker tab:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=119701

Pick Bugs, and then Add New. Fill out the form the best you can, describe
the bug and note that you did not have the problem with the previous build.

The absolute best thing is to attach a program that reproduces the bug. The
simplier the program the better.

--
Mark Miesfeld

Open Object Rexx

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