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NetRexx Change History


[ 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 0.50 ]

NetRexx 1.00 [3 Jan 1997]

This release is the reference implementation for NetRexx 1.00, as published in The NetRexx Language.

Updates:
[15 Apr 1997]
  • Preliminary, experimental, support for JavaBeans is now available in the NetRexxC compiler. It is described in a separate document.
  • Checking has been added for the use of Java reserved words as externally visible names (such properties, method, and class names cannot be accessed by people writing in the Java language).
  • The translator phase of the compiler has numerous performance improvements, and now runs 35% faster than the first (January) 1.00 release.
  • Forward references from property initialization expressions to methods in the current class are now permitted, providing they are not circular.
  • Several improvements have been made to error and progress messages.
[13 Mar 1997]
  • The source and documentation for the Tablet (navigation tabs) applet have been added to the package.
  • Forward references involving default constructors now work correctly.
  • The .equals method was not being used for '=' and '\=' comparisons of subclassed objects.
  • options nodecimal may be used to report the use of decimal arithmetic as an error, for performance-critical applications. Please consider this an 'experimental' option.
[18 Feb 1997]
  • Minor improvements to the compiler for error messages, localization, and Java 1.1.
  • The Say instruction can now handle all expressions that evaluate to null.
[6 Feb 1997]
  • LOOP OVER did not correctly snapshot indexed strings with 'hidden' elements.
  • Some unused method arguments were not being reported as unused.
  • Minor improvements to error messages, progress messages, and code generation.
[3 Jan 1997]
  • Minor cosmetic and performance improvements over 0.90.
  • NetRexxC.bat and nrc.bat have been added to the NetRexx package.


NetRexx 0.90 [17 Dec 1996]

This release is the 'gamma' release prior to NetRexx 1.00. The main changes are in packaging and installation.


NetRexx 0.88 [1 Dec 1996]

With this release the full function intended for NetRexx 1.00 is available.


NetRexx 0.86 [14 Nov 1996]

The major change in this release is the new error message processing.


NetRexx 0.84 [29 Oct 1996]


NetRexx 0.82 [26 Sep 1996]


NetRexx 0.81 [7 Sep 1996]


NetRexx 0.77 [26 Aug 1996]


NetRexx 0.76 [13 Aug 1996]

Changes:


NetRexx 0.75 [7 Aug 1996]


NetRexx 0.67 [27 Jun 1996]


NetRexx 0.54 [30 Apr 1996]


NetRexx 0.50 [22 Apr 1996]

The first non-IBM release of NetRexx -- the OS/2 Rexx prototype.


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