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

[Locke & L. <the...@co...>]

Outstanding!!



Locke & Logan's

On Apr 12, 2009, at 12:19, David Ashley <dav...@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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