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The stable release 1.2 is out !

<p> Dear all,</p> <p> A new release of Orcc has been released. Please find below the most noticeable changes.</p> <p> Thanks to developers and enjoy the new version,<br /> __<br /> Mickaël</p> <p> <br /> 1.2.0       Sept 2012<br /> ======================</p> <p> Notable changes and features<br /> ----------------------------<br /> - Front-end: experimental support of new floating point types (half and double).<br /> - New LLVM backend with static compilation (the old version is renamed as Jade<br /> backend).<br /> - The C++ backend is back with an included runtime.<br /> - For backends which export a runtime library (C, TTA, Java, LLVM), it is now<br /> possible to deactivate this export, to not overwrite user-modified library.<br /> - LLVM/Jade backends: experimental support of floating point type.<br /> - TTA backend:<br /> * new interconnection mechanism between the processors.<br /> * support simulation and profiling using ttanetsim (experimental branch of TCE).<br /> * add option to choose the configuration of the processors between several<br /> predefined profiles.<br /> * support the mapping of several actors on the same processor.<br /> - C/LLVM backend : Folder structure of generated application has changed. It is now<br />   /<br />   |-bin/<br />   |-build/<br />   |-libs/<br />   |  |-orcc/<br />   |  |-roxml/<br />   |  |-windows/<br />   |-src<br />   CMake must be run from the root folder of the application (and not<br />   from src/ anymore)<br />   Final executable is now written in bin/ folder<br /> - UI: Improve user experience by printing better error messages.</p> <p> <br /> Bugfixes<br /> --------<br /> - UI: Removing an existing mapping was not possible without removing the runtime<br /> configuration.<br /> - Tools: The classifier, the action merger and the actor merger are (almost)<br /> working back and their performances have been improved.<br /> - Interpreter: working with imports within imports.<br /> - RoXML: Update to latest version to fix some parsing errors on Windows caused by<br /> CRLF for end of line.</p> <p> Misc<br /> ----<br /> - Move the 'models' plugin in Orcc repository and remove dependencies to dftools.<br /> - The Java backend is now using Xtend instead StringTemplate to generate the files.</p> link

Posted by SourceForge Robot 2012-09-19

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