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- From: bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives
- Subject: [comp.lang.logo] Berkeley Logo version 2.6
- Followup-To: comp.lang.logo
- Date: 4 Sep 1992 03:52:51 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- Approved: adam@soda.berkeley.edu
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- Archive-name: auto/comp.lang.logo/Berkeley-Logo-version-2-6
-
- A new alpha test release (version 2.6) of Berkeley Logo is now
- available by anonymous FTP. "Alpha test" means that I know there are
- bugs in it! But you're welcome to try it if you understand that.
- I'm happy to get bug reports but I don't promise anything.
-
- The new version fixes bugs that were reported to me in version 2.5,
- and also implements tail recursion elimination, which should allow
- larger programs to fit in smaller machines. A very likely side effect
- is that you may get misleading error messages (attributing the error
- to the wrong procedure, for example); I'd like to know about these.
-
- Users of version 2.5 under Unix should note that the new version does
- not create a graphics window until the first graphics instruction is
- entered, so don't panic when you start it up.
-
- FTP to anarres.cs.berkeley.edu and get any of the following files:
-
- pub/logo.tar.Z Unix sources and documentation
- pub/ucblogo.zip PC version, PKZIP form, including executable BL.EXE
- pub/ucblogo.sit.hqx Mac version, StuffIt/BinHex form, w/ executable Logo
- pub/usermanual Just the documentation file.
- pub/csls.tar.Z Logo programs from _Computer Science Logo Style_
-
- You're on your own for the unpacking software.
-
- Advantages of Berkeley Logo:
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- * It's free.
-
- * It comes with source files (in C).
-
- * Logo programs are completely compatible among Unix, PC, and Mac.
-
- Disadvantages of Berkeley Logo:
-
- * It's pretty slow.
-
- * It doesn't do anything fancy about graphics. (One turtle.)
-
- * It still has bugs. In particular, it runs out of memory easily.
-
- If you don't have FTP access, but can read a 3.5-inch disk, send me
- $2.50 to cover costs and tell me whether you want the Mac or the PC
- version (or send $5.00 for both) and I'll send you a disk.
-
- Brian Harvey
- 2634 Virginia St
- Berkeley, CA 94709
-
-