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| author | Bryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org> | 2017-02-20 00:05:34 -0800 | 
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| committer | Bryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org> | 2017-02-20 00:05:34 -0800 | 
| commit | 50eb784bfcf15ee3c6b0b53d747db92673395040 (patch) | |
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| @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5e2. +This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5e3.  SCM conforms to Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme  and the IEEE P1178 specification.  SCM is written in C and runs under @@ -18,119 +18,132 @@ Links to distributions of SCM and related softwares are at the end of  this message.  				-=-=- -scm5e2 news: - -Hinting GCC branch-predictions nets 10% speed improvement for SCM -running the JACAL symbolic mathematics system. - -  * scmfig.h (SCM_EXPECT_TRUE, SCM_EXPECT_FALSE): Added. -  (POSFIXABLE, NEGFIXABLE, UNEGFIXABLE): SCM_EXPECT_TRUE. -  * scmfig.h (__builtin_expect): Added stub for non-gcc compilers. - -  * scm.h: SCM_EXPECT_TRUE and SCM_EXPECT_FALSE replace -  __builtin_expect(). -  (ASRTER, ASRTGO): SCM_EXPECT_FALSE. -  * scm.h (INUMP, IMP, SINGP): Added __builtin_expect() netting more -  than 9% speed improvement in JACAL. - -  * Makefile (scm5.opt, udscm4.opt): Commented out -  -fno-guess-branch-probability flag. -  * Makefile (udscm4.opt, scm5.opt): Condition -  -fno-guess-branch-probability on `type gcc'. -  * Makefile (scm5.opt, udscm4.opt): -fno-guess-branch-probability -  improves benchmark speed 10% on i686. -  (hfiles): Moved to top of file so that dependencies work. - -  * byte.c, continue.c, crs.c, dynl.c, eval.c, gsubr.c, ioext.c, -  posix.c, ramap.c, record.c, repl.c, rope.c, sc2.c, scl.c, scm.c, -  scm.h, socket.c, subr.c, sys.c, time.c, unif.c, unix.c, x.c: -  Regularized `if' syntax. - -  * scm.c (l_pause): __CYGWIN__ now has pause(). -  * scmfig.h (LACK_FTIME): __CYGWIN__ now has ftime(). -  * socket.c (l_lna, l_hostinfo, l_netinfo, l_setnet): Made -  conditional on __CYGWIN__. -  * ioext.c: __CYGWIN__ has <unistd.h>. - -  * scl.c (lasinh, lacosh, latanh): Replaced by libc functions. -  * scl.c (sum, difference, divide): Added BIGDIG* cast to &z. -  * scl.c (numident): Don't bomb given bignums. -  * scl.c (makdbl): (+ -1/0 +5i) ==> -1/0; not 0/0. -  * scl.c (apx_log10): Removed unused variable. -  * scl.c (scm_magnitude): Renamed from magnitude(). -  (scm_abs): Added, real-only. -  * scl.c (safe_add_1): Replaces add1. -  (scm_truncate): Renamed from ltrunc. -  * scm.h (scm_truncate): Renamed from ltrunc. -  (scm_floor, scm_ceiling): Added. -  * subr.c (absval): Moved to scl.c. -  * rope.c (num2dbl): Handle 0/0. -  * scl.c (inf2str): Changed to "+inf.0" and "-inf.0". -  (istr2flo): Parse "+inf.0", "-inf.0", and -  COMPACT_INFINITY_NOTATION. -  (istr2flo, inf2str): COMPACT_INFINITY_NOTATION flag enables +/0 -  and -/0 infinity notations. - -  * Transcen.scm (quo, rem, mod): New names for inexact quotient, -  remainder, and modulo. -  * Init5e1.scm (abs): Is no longer synonym for magnitude. -  * Transcen.scm (exact-round, exact-floor, exact-ceiling) -  (exact-truncate): Added SRFI-70 convenience functions. -  (limit): Removed. -  * Transcen.scm (sequence->limit): Removed use of 1/0 literal. -  * Transcen.scm (expt): 0^0 ==> 1. -  * scl.c (scm_intexpt): 0^0 ==> 1. -  * Transcen.scm, Init5e1.scm (infinite?, finite?): Added. -  * scl.c (makdbl, init_scl): Don't bother with scm_narn for MSC. -  (scm_finitep): Removed to Transcen.scm and Init5e1.scm. -  * scm.h (scm_narn): Renamed from infi. - -  * r4rstest.scm (SECTION 6 5 5): Restored 0^0 test. - -  * hobbit.scm (*c-keywords*): absval --> scm_abs; magnitude --> -  scm_magnitude. - -  * rope.c, scm.c, scm.texi, scmmain.c, script.c, socket.c: Added -  const to argv. -  * scmmain.c, scm.h, scm.c, rope.c, repl.c: Added const decls. - -  * build.scm (build:command): Comment to script: [-p <platform>]. -  * Makefile (turfiles): Added turtle-graphics files. -  * Makefile (DOSCM): Abstracted DOS zip creation. - -  * unexelf.c: Imported from emacs-22.0.50 to fix FC4 build. - -  * differ.c (diff_mid_split): Unused `m' argument removed. - -  * scm.spec (slibpath, dumparch): Added. - -From: Steve VanDevender -  * scmfig.h (SHORT_INT, CDR_DOUBLES): For __x86_64 (AMD Opteron). - -From: Thomas Bushnell -  * scm.doc, scm.1: Corrected spelling errors. +scm5e3 news: + +Richard Harke ported SCM to the Linux-ia64. + +SRFI-94 Type-Restricted Numerical Functions. + +SRFI-63 uniform array type support expanded to: + +  A:floC64b 	inexact	64.bit binary flonum complex +  A:floC32b 	inexact	32.bit binary flonum complex +  A:floC16b 	inexact	16.bit binary flonum complex +  A:floR64b 	inexact	64.bit binary flonum real +  A:floR32b 	inexact	32.bit binary flonum real +  A:floR16b 	inexact	16.bit binary flonum real +  A:fixZ32b 	exact	32.bit binary fixnum +  A:fixZ16b 	exact	16.bit binary fixnum +  A:fixZ8b 	exact	8.bit binary fixnum +  A:fixN32b 	exact	32.bit nonnegative binary fixnum +  A:fixN16b 	exact	16.bit nonnegative binary fixnum +  A:fixN8b 	exact	8.bit nonnegative binary fixnum +  A:bool 		boolean +  string 		char + +Radey Shouman has changed LETREC to behave like LETREC*: + +  * eval.c (ceval_1): Change LETREC behavior to that of LETREC*: +  initializers are run in left to right order, and may use +  previously evaluated variables bound in the same contour.  This +  change also applies to LETRECs resulting from internal DEFINE. + +  * eval.c (macroexp1): Add #ifdef to switch case handling line numbers +  in ceval_1 so that they are safely discarded when MEMOIZE_LOCALS is +  not #defined.  Perhaps line number generation should be disabled in +  that case. + +  * scl.c: Changes to allow compilation with MinGW (gnu-win32); +  asinh, acosh, and atanh are not yet supported. + +From Aubrey Jaffer: + +  * indexes.texi (Indexes): Give each index its own node when not in +  info mode.  Moved index stuff here so it doesn't break +  texinfo-every-node-update. + +  * scm.texi (Index): Replaced nodes under Indexes with node Index +  when in info mode; fixes indexing in Emacs 21.4.1. +  Converted to use @copying. +  (Indexes): Reorganized. +  (Data Type Representations): Corrected pattern for specfun and cclo. + +  * byte.c (subbytes): Added. +  (scm_subbytes_read, scm_subbytes_write): Renamed from substring. + +  * Makefile (dscm4, dscm5): != is string operator in shell. +  "mv -f" for previous scm, slibcat, and implcat. + +  * Init5e2.scm (boot-tail): Don't load ScmInit.scm if *script*. +  (string-index, read-line): Defined for login->home-directory, which +  may be called before REQUIRE is defined. + +  * Makefile (dscm4, dscm5): Added randomize_va_space machinations. +  (dvi, pdf): New tetex-3.0(-20.FC5) broke them -- fixed. +  (SETARCH): Workarounds allow dumping in recent Linux. + +  * time.c (linux): defined CLKTCK to (sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)). + +  * repl.c (scm_read_numbered): Don't #ifndef MEMOIZED_LOCALS. + +  * build.scm (dont-memoize-locals): Added feature. +  (stack-limit): Removed feature. + +  * scmfig.h (STACK_LIMIT): Always defined. +  (CHECK_STACK): Condition on scm_verbose. + +  * sys.c (stack_check): Always present. + +  * Makefile (docs): Added target to make all documentation files; +  then invoke xdvi. + +  * ugsetjmp.s (_setjump, _longjump): For Ultrix VAX circa 1997. + +  * subr.c (mkbig, adjbig): Improved overflow message. + +  * mkimpcat.scm (wbtab, rwb-isam): moved to "Simple associations". +  (add-source): Use 'source form and check file's existence. + +  * scl.c (scm_magnitude): Extend dynamic range by eliminating +  intermediate expression swell. +  (divide): Use "Smith's formula" to extend dynamic range; +  but makes an insignificant difference when compiled with -O3. +  (atanh, acosh, asinh): define if #ifndef HAVE_ATANH. + +  * scmfig.h (HAVE_ATANH): Decides whether atanh, asinh, and acosh +  are supported. + +  * r4rstest.scm (5 2 1): Expose Bigloo tprint redefinition bug. +  (test-bignum): Convert test bignums from strings. +  (have-bignums?): Check bignum arithmetic works. +  (test-inexact): Do complex tests only if non-real numbers are +  supported. +  (test-inexact): Added equal? tests. +  (test-inexact): Test for -0.0 lossage. +  (test-inexact): Check that / and magnitude work for +  very large and very small complex numbers (1e300; 1e-300);  				-=-=-  SCM source is available from: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm5e2.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm5e2.zip - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e2-1.src.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e2-1.src.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm5e3.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm5e3.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e3-1.src.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e3-1.src.rpm  Also available as i386 binary RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e2-1.i386.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e2-1.i386.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e3-1.i386.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e3-1.i386.rpm  SLIB is a portable Scheme library which SCM uses: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib3a3.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a3.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib3a4.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a4.zip  Also available as RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3a3-1.noarch.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3a3-1.noarch.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3a4-1.noarch.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3a4-1.noarch.rpm  JACAL is a symbolic math system written in Scheme: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b6.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b6.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b7.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b7.zip  SLIB-PSD is a portable debugger for Scheme (requires emacs editor):   http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz @@ -158,13 +171,13 @@ SCM (similar to XSCM).  WB is a disk based, sorted associative array (B-tree) library for SCM.  Using WB, large databases can be created and managed from SCM. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb1c2.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb1c2.zip - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1c2-1.src.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1c2-1.src.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb1c3.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb1c3.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1c3-1.src.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1c3-1.src.rpm  Also available as i386 binary RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1c2-1.i386.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1c2-1.i386.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1c3-1.i386.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1c3-1.i386.rpm  SIMSYNCH is a digital logic simulation system written in SCM.   http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/synch1b0.zip @@ -177,7 +190,7 @@ systems.   ftp.gnu.org:pub/gnu/dld/dld-3.3.tar.gz  SCM.EXE (314k) is a SCM executable for DOS and MS-Windows. -Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a3 and scm5e2 above. +Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a4 and scm5e3 above.   http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm.exe   swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm.exe @@ -189,4 +202,4 @@ Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a3 and scm5e2 above.  Programs for printing and viewing TexInfo documentation (which SCM  has) come with GNU Emacs or can be obtained via ftp from: - ftp.gnu.org:pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.8.tar.gz | 
