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Functional Objects Announces its Linux Alpha Test Program

Functional Objects, Inc. is pleased to announce the commencement of an
Alpha Test Program for Functional Developer for Linux.

If you are interested in signing up for this program, please visit our
website at <http://www.functionalobjects.com/products/linux.phtml>.

Functional Developer Version 2.1 [Alpha 1] for x86 Linux is available
for immediate download by members of our Alpha Test Program.  Alpha 1
is limited to a command-line compiler and a subset of our runtime
libraries.  The compiler produces native code comparable in quality to
our Version 2.0 Windows release.  The runtime libraries included in
Alpha 1 are roughly those included in the Core Libraries Pack and the
Basic Network Connectivity Library Pack of our Version 2.0 Windows
release.

Additional alpha and beta releases will follow as new functionality,
newly ported libraries, performance enhancements, or major bug fixes
warrant.  (For example, we are working closely in cooperation with the
Gwydion group to complete the port of DUIM to Linux using GTK.)

I've enclosed an edited excerpt from the Release Notes which describes
the contents of this release in detail.  Again, please review the
complete Release Notes, available on our website, before downloading.
The Release Notes contain installation instructions, a list of known
limitations, and a list of major changes in this release.

Thank you for your continued support,

  - Gary Palter
    Linux Alpha Test Program Coordinator
    Functional Objects, Inc.
 
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CONTENTS OF RELEASE
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This section describes the contents of the current release.

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  Two command-line compilers are included in this release.

  The first, fdcompile, is equivalent to fdbc in the Windows release.
  For a brief description of its command line options, run

    fdcompile -help

  ...

  The second compiler, xfdcompile, is a subset of fdce in the Windows
  release.  Eventually, it will replace fdcompile but is, for now,
  considered experimental ...  Again, for a brief description of its
  command line options, run

    xfdcompile -help

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  The libraries included in this release are:

    Dylan               Common-Dylan        Functional-Dylan
    Collections         IO                  System
    Generic-Arithmetic  Big-Integers
    C-FFI               Network
    TestWorks           TestWorks-Specs

  The source code of all of the above libraries except the Dylan
  library is also included in this release.  If a library's source
  code is not explicitly marked as open source, it is included for
  reference purposes only.

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  This release includes several simple examples located in

    /usr/local/lib/functional-developer/examples/

  ...

  In addition, test suites for the following libraries are also
  included in this release:

    Dylan               Common-Dylan        Functional-Dylan
    Collections         IO                  System
    TestWorks

  ...

  With the exception of the Functional-Dylan test suite, the test
  suites are open source.  We appreciate any contributions you may
  wish to make to these suites.
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