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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5e3. +This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5e4. SCM conforms to Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme and the IEEE P1178 specification. SCM is written in C and runs under @@ -12,176 +12,87 @@ programs (see http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM_LICENSE). Documentation and distributions in several formats are linked from SCM's home page: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM.html + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM Links to distributions of SCM and related softwares are at the end of this message. -=-=- -scm5e3 news: +scm5e4 news: -Richard Harke ported SCM to the Linux-ia64. +* Jerry van Dijk wrote NSIS script to create MS-Windows installers. -SRFI-94 Type-Restricted Numerical Functions. +* Added (compiled) byte-number module. -SRFI-63 uniform array type support expanded to: +* scm-file-position replaces file-position and file-set-position!; + moved from i/o-extensions module to SCM core functionality. - 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 +* Added --no-symbol-case-fold command-line option to make symbol + reading case-sensitive. -Radey Shouman has changed LETREC to behave like LETREC*: +* Added (R6RS) bitwise-bit-count. - * 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); +* Makefile (install*): Added $(DESTDIR) prefix. -=-=- SCM source is available from: - 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 + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm5e4.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm5e4.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e4-1.src.rpm + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e4-1.src.rpm Also available as i386 binary RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e3-1.i386.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e3-1.i386.rpm + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e4-1.i386.rpm + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e4-1.i386.rpm SLIB is a portable Scheme library which SCM uses: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib3a4.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a4.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib3a5.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a5.zip Also available as RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3a4-1.noarch.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3a4-1.noarch.rpm + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3a5-1.noarch.rpm + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3a5-1.noarch.rpm JACAL is a symbolic math system written in Scheme: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b7.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b7.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b8.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b8.zip SLIB-PSD is a portable debugger for Scheme (requires emacs editor): - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz SMG-SCM is an SMG interface package which works with SCM on VMS. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip A VMS version of Unzip is available by anonymous FTP from ftp.spc.edu:[ANONYMOUS.MACRO32]UNZIP.EXE. TURTLSCM is a turtle graphics package which works with SCM on MS-DOS or X11 machines: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz XSCM is a X windows interface package which works with SCM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz MacSCM is a Macintosh applications building package which works with SCM (similar to XSCM). - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/macscm.tar.Z - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/macscm.tar.Z + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/macscm.tar.Z + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/macscm.tar.Z 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/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 + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb2a1.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb2a1.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a1-1.src.rpm + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a1-1.src.rpm Also available as i386 binary RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1c3-1.i386.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1c3-1.i386.rpm + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a1-1.i386.rpm + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a1-1.i386.rpm SIMSYNCH is a digital logic simulation system written in SCM. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/synch1b0.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/synch1b0.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/synch1b0.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/synch1b0.zip DLD is a C library package allowing SCM to dynamically load object files on VAX (Ultrix), Sun 3 (SunOS 3.4 and 4.0), SPARCstation @@ -190,15 +101,15 @@ 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 slib3a4 and scm5e3 above. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm.exe - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm.exe +Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a5 and scm5e4 above. + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm.exe + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm.exe #! implements "#!" (POSIX) shell-scripts for MS-DOS batch files. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/sharpbang.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/sharpbang.zip - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/#!.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/#!.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/sharpbang.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/sharpbang.zip + http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/#!.zip + swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/#!.zip Programs for printing and viewing TexInfo documentation (which SCM has) come with GNU Emacs or can be obtained via ftp from: |