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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2017-05-22 12:55:28 +0200 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2017-05-22 12:55:28 +0200 |
commit | a05e710b4d6b5f60e6038c49da600c7810f3f276 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE deleted file mode 100644 index bfbda7316..000000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -We are pleased to announce the release of Guile 1.8.0. It can be -found here: - - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-1.8.0.tar.gz - -Its SHA1 checksum is - - 22462680feeda1e5400195c01dee666162503d66 guile-1.8.0.tar.gz - -We already know about some issues with 1.8.0, please check the mailing -lists: - - http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/mail/mail.html - -The NEWS file is quite long. Here are the most interesting entries: - - Changes since 1.6: - - * Guile is now licensed with the GNU Lesser General Public License. - - * The manual is now licensed with the GNU Free Documentation License. - - * We now use GNU MP for bignums. - - * We now have exact rationals, such as 1/3. - - * We now use native POSIX threads for real concurrent threads. - - * There is a new way to initalize Guile that allows one to use Guile - from threads that have not been created by Guile. - - * Mutexes and condition variables are now always fair. A recursive - mutex must be requested explicitly. - - * The low-level thread API has been removed. - - * There is now support for copy-on-write substrings and - mutation-sharing substrings. - - * A new family of functions for converting between C values and - Scheme values has been added that is future-proof and thread-safe. - - * The INUM macros like SCM_MAKINUM have been deprecated. - - * The macros SCM_STRINGP, SCM_STRING_CHARS, SCM_STRING_LENGTH, - SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, and SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH have been deprecated. - - * There is a new way to deal with non-local exits and re-entries in - C code, which is nicer than scm_internal_dynamic_wind. - - * There are new malloc-like functions that work better than - scm_must_malloc, etc. - - * There is a new way to access all kinds of vectors and arrays from - C that is efficient and thread-safe. - - * The concept of dynamic roots has been factored into continuation - barriers and dynamic states. - -See NEWS and the manual for more details. |