Tuesday, 2 December 2003


      Hi there...

      I have about five hours a week to spend on recreational software development (flow, other Squeak things, etc.). I like to release on the first Friday of the month; it seems like a useful and easy-to-remember ritual. If I miss a release date, I'll usually just reschedule it for the next first-Friday. Ah, the joys of recreational software development. :)

      The naming theme here is "major rivers". Minor releases are named after tributaries... Nominations for future names gladly accepted; any river on Earth (or anywhere else :) is fine.


version
name
release dates
new features
1
Eel
5 March 1999
win32 socket support
1.1
(unreleased)
1.2
Van Duzen
30 August 2000
POSIX socket support
2
Hudson

  • buffered reading and writing for all external resources
  • filesystem support
  • exceptions handled using built-in Squeak support
  • MIDI support
3
Mississippi
TBD

  • serial and parallel port support
  • plugin reverse-translated into Slang
  • simulator support
  • support for all Squeak platforms and all other Smalltalk dialects going forward
4
TBD
TBD
digital audio support
5
TBD
TBD
IEEE 1394 ("firewire") support (with an emphasis on digital video editing)
6
TBD
TBD
infrared support