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[[Perl]] Parrot 0.8.0 News: - Implementation + 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 - Languages + 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) - Moved to its own repository: http://code.google.com/p/partcl/ + 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