ANNOUNCE: Jim Tcl 0.63 Released
mst...@gmail.com
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Jim Tcl 0.63 has been released and is available from:
http://repo.or.cz/w/jimtcl.git
CHANGES SINCE VERSION 0.51
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This is a major update which incorporates many bug fixes and new
features.
Some of the new features over Jim 0.51 include:
- Now includes comprehensive documentation
See: http://repo.or.cz/w/jimtcl.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/Tcl_shipped.html
- Now includes extensive unit tests
- Far better tracking of source location, including 'info source',
'stacktrace' and 'stackdump'
- Networking support includes IPv6, working UDP support, 'socket pipe'
- Many bug fixes and improvements in 'expr'
- 'exec' improvements including redirection options and respect for
$::env
- Full 'configure' support for static extensions
Some notable differences include:
- aio.open and aio.socket are now plain 'open' and 'socket'
- 'proc' now returns the name of the procedure
- Changes to the package system and extension interface
- 'jim' is now 'jimsh'
WHAT IS Jim Tcl?
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Jim is a reimplementation of Tcl, combining some features from
earlier, smaller versions of Tcl (6.x) as well as more modern
features from later versions of Tcl (7.x, 8.x). It also has some
some entirely new features not available in any version of Tcl.
WHERE IS Jim Tcl?
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Repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/jimtcl.git
Project Page: http://jim.berlios.de/index.html
Wiki page: http://wiki.tcl.tk/Jim
Mailing List: https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/jim-devel