diff --git a/general-info/release-19a.txt b/general-info/release-19a.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f391bbc535c531c3f46f4b3570ea9060fe9ffbea --- /dev/null +++ b/general-info/release-19a.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +========================== C M U C L 18 e ============================= + +[--- WORK IN PROGRESS --- DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ---] + +The CMUCL project is pleased to announce the release of CMUCL 19a. +This is a major release which contains numerous enhancements and +bugfixes from the 18e release. + +CMUCL is a free, high performance implementation of the Common Lisp +programming language which runs on most major Unix platforms. It +mainly conforms to the ANSI Common Lisp standard. CMUCL provides a +sophisticated native code compiler; a powerful foreign function +interface; an implementation of CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System, +which includes multimethods and a metaobject protocol; a source-level +debugger and code profiler; and an Emacs-like editor implemented in +Common Lisp. CMUCL is maintained by a team of volunteers collaborating +over the Internet, and is mostly in the public domain. + +New in this release: + + * Feature enhancements: + - Stack overflow checking added for FreeBSD/x86 and Linux/x86. + - LISP:FIND-CLASS and LISP:CLASS-OF now return CLOS classes. The + symbols LISP:STARDARD-CLASS, LISP:BUILT-IN-CLASS, and + LISP:STRUCTURE-CLASS name CLOS class. It is no longer + necessary to SHADOWING-IMPORT these from PCL when doing MOP + programming, and it fixes some non-compliances as well. + + * Numerous ANSI compliance fixes: + + * Numerous bugfixes: + + * Other changes: + + * Numerous improvements to the PCL implementation of CLOS: + - Gerd's PCL has been added, which fixes numerous bugs and ANSI/ + AMOP non-compliances, and adds various new optimizations (also + see the CMU User Manual). + + * Improvements to Hemlock, the Emacs-like editor: + + * Changes to rebuilding procedure: + + * Deprecated features: + + +This release is not binary compatible with code compiled using CMUCL +18e; you will need to recompile FASL files. + +See <URL:http://www.cons.org/cmucl/> for download information, +guidelines on reporting bugs, and mailing list details. + + +We hope you enjoy using this release of CMUCL! +