* About this file
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This file lists the most important changes for each official as well as
internal release of cacao.  See the "ChangeLog" for a more detailed list of
all the changes in the code.

* Version 0.40 (released)
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** Boehm garbage collector supported
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The --enable-gc2 options was replaced by --with-gc. Choose boehm for the
Boehm garbage collector. Also see README.boehm.

** mips port
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Now runs on some SGI systems, which are based on the mips architecture.

** multiple bug fixes
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Even more java programs work as expected!


* Version 0.35 (experimental)
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** autoconf, automake support
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Finally moved the entire distribution to autoconf/automake. This should fix
some of our problems with supporting different compilers. Thread support and
the use of the new garbage collector can be enabled/disabled from using
configure arguments:

	--enable-threads [default]
	--disable-threads

	--enable-gc2 [default]
	--disable-gc2

** new garbage collector
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Included the new garbage collector as default garbage collector. 

* Version 0.30 (released)
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Added unlimited stack for GC and main thread. 
Some optimzations for instructions which operate on constants. 

* Version 0.20 (released)
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Hardware null pointer check added, fixed severe errors in GC/Threads, type
check and IEEE arithmetic.

* Version 0.20beta (can't remember)
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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)
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The initial version included the old JIT and support for lang, util and io.

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