Retro 11.3 Released

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The 11.3 release is now out. You can grab the source tarball from http://s3.retroforth.org/download/11.x/retro-11.3.tar.gz or at https://launchpad.net/retro-language/+download

Here's what's changed:

core language / standard image
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  - new method of implementing quotes
  - maximum string length can be altered now
  - number of string buffers can be altered now
  - internal factors in kernel are no longer revectorable
  - removed use of low level conditionals outside of the kernel
  - reduced amount of padding in kernel
  - reduced default string length to 256 cells
  - metacompiler now strips unused space at end of kernel
  - reduced image size to under 9k cells
  - added until loop combinator
  - hidden functions are no longer revectorable

libraries
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  - fixed all reported bugs
  - added diet' library for reducing memory usage by trimming string size, buffers
  - added fiction' library for simple interactive fiction games
  - documentation blocks have consistent formatting now

extensions
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- include lua bindings (now updated for the lua 5.2 release)
- include sqlite bindings

ngaro vm
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- c

    - add --help flag
    - load image from $RETROIMAGE environment variable if not found in working directory
    - added variant for Windows users (can be built with tcc)

- golang

- updated to work with current weekly builds
- added README to explain how to build it and cover concurrency additions

- html5

- use bootstrap for ui elements

- php

- fixed bugs in host environment queries, now feature complete

- embedded

- support pic32 boards running RetroBSD
- updates to arduino implementation from Oleksandr

- now supports MEGA 2560 and Nano boards

- slightly lower memory usage in mbed implementation

examples
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  - fixed bugs
  - updated to use new language features
  - added bingo card generator
  - added hex dump utility
  - added tab completion example (from Luke)
  - added example of building strings using a combinator

documentation
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  - add single file covering all of the libraries
  - expansions to quick reference
  - minor updates to fix small mistakes, clarify things

other
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- properly support multi-line strings in vim highlighter
- the debugger now has a source display view

I'll be starting work on 11.4 this weekend, with a goal to release in mid-June. I have some plans already (see NOTES in the repository).