X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a4d458bbf48e6023586b425f837631dd8b01197a;hb=2b5b0f706867466be2b1e849c79f4b5001f0401b;hp=7112ea80cd9b38434659a3fc1bc5042e6c9150b9;hpb=f730b8c3c57cd8f7da6aa8e5d3de85b51f7d4362;p=cacao.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7112ea80c..a4d458bbf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ all the changes in the code. * Version 0.40 (released) ========================= +** Boehm garbage collector supported +------------------------------------ + +The --enable-gc2 options was replaced by --with-gc. Choose boehm for the +Boehm garbage collector. Also see README.boehm. + +** mips port +------------ + +Now runs on some SGI systems, which are based on the mips architecture. + +** multiple bug fixes +--------------------- + +Even more java programs work as expected! * Version 0.35 (experimental) @@ -32,21 +47,30 @@ configure arguments: Included the new garbage collector as default garbage collector. -** new just-in-time compiler ----------------------------- - -Andi, write something... - * Version 0.30 (released) ========================= -Andi, write something!!! +Added unlimited stack for GC and main thread. +Some optimzations for instructions which operate on constants. * Version 0.20 (released) ========================= -Andi, write something down here, too! +Hardware null pointer check added, fixed severe errors in GC/Threads, type +check and IEEE arithmetic. + +* Version 0.20beta (can't remember) +========================= + +There is a completely new JIT compiler which is about 7 times faster and +produces better code. +Multithreading is now supported. +A lot of bugs have been fixed. + +* Version 0.10 (ancient history) +============== +The initial version included the old JIT and support for lang, util and io. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local variables: