Perl
Parrot 0.8.0 News:
- float precision expanded to 15 significant digits from 6
- large integers autopromoted in PIR so as not to lose precision
- improved precision of complex square root
- exception handlers can register types of exceptions they catch
- Cardinal (Ruby)
- implemented gather, take, and yield builtins
- Range, Time, Math, GC, Kernel classes
- many more tests
- added a new committer
- Markdown : new lightweight markup language
- start implementation with PCT/NQP
- partcl (Tcl 8.5.4)
- Rakudo (Perl 6)
- split() works with regexes
- implemented Str.comb
- ord() and chr() builtins
- improved parsing of literal numbers
- support for hyphens and dashes in identifiers
- next() on for-loops
- fixed floating point constant precision
- improved namespace handling, closer to STD.pm model
- support for exporting symbols
- Compilers
- P6object
- now generates classes in nested namespaces instead of :: names
- supports class creation in caller's HLL namespace
- PCT / PGE
- now using true nested namespaces instead of :: names
- cleaned up HLLCompiler interactive prompts and readline mode
- updated to use typed exception handler registration
- added initial support for loop control exceptions
- PIRC
- fixed Heredoc preprocessor
- cleaned up Macro preprocessor
- many code clean-ups, warning fixes and consting
- updated Makefile for easier compilation
- IMCC
- Added .tailcall syntax to replace .return in tailcall context
- Examples
- pirric (BASIC)
- an old style line numbered Basic interpreter able to use parrot objects
- example connecting to mysql via nci
- example using classes to write and run an embedded Basic program
- Documentation
- Book
- Added chapters for PCT, PMCs, and Opcodes/Runcores
- Expanded and improved formatting in various chapters
- Renumbered chapters