Version 0.7.8: (released: Fri, May 29, 2009) ------------- + Implemented assembly language core on IA-32/SSE2 and AMD64; double precision arithmetic now several times faster on these platforms. + Non-interactive scripts can now be interrupted (cancelled) using ^C. ! Fixed a bug in the "-->Bint" function. ! Fixed a bug related to the history editor. Version 0.7.4: (released: Fri, Feb 29, 2008) ------------- + Added several new special functions (TriGamma, DiLog, CoshIChi, SinhIShi). + Renamed \b Last command to \b LastArg and improved its usability; added \c SaveArg command to permit manual control in unusual circumstances. . Upgraded to MathUtils 2.0. ! Fixed a bug in the ">=" function. ! Fixed a bug in loops terminated with Step. ! Fixed a bug in stack handling (test script: cache.rpl). ! Fixed a bug whereby items on an undisplayed panel could be selected. Version 0.7: (released: Sun, Feb 29, 2004) ----------- + Added a complete set of logical operators and programming structures, including Break, Continue, Return, Throw, Switch, and Try ... Catch. + Added completely automated instruction database and help file generation based on custom doxygen tags and awk/sh processing. + Vastly expanded and improved code documentation using doxygen. . Applied modern coding standards to a significant fraction of the code base and reorganized many classes. . Completed a major rewrite of the execution kernel; many operations are now 2-10x faster than in previous versions. Version 0.6.2: (released: Sat, Oct 12, 2002) ------------- + Added support for MS Windows and Apple Mac OS X (single-threaded only). + New web pages and distribution format. ! Several minor bugs in the interactive interface have been fixed. ! Corrected the failure of ATanh to produce complex results for |x|>1. . The ~/.RPL directory is now optional, and created only when needed (the old ~/.RPL/term/default file is now compiled into the executable). + Added a special keystroke trace mode (-@ option) for diagnosing key recognition problems. Version 0.6.1: (released: Thu, Oct 18, 2001) ------------- . First official release. . auto_browse feature reimplemented, now enabled by default. . Version command added to Option menu and tilde command set. . Preliminary HMS functions added to Trig menu; conversion to use of vectors for I/O to be done later. . User interface refined and all known bugs fixed. . Binaries for OSF-Alpha and Solaris7-i386 now part of download tree. Version 0.6: (released: Fri, Sep 28, 2001) ----------- . First numbered release, presented at ADASS XI conference in Victoria, B.C. . Preliminary script support (parsing of input files not clearly defined). . Good support for basic numeric types (Real, LReal, Complex, LComplex, Binary); very limited support for non-numeric types (Comment, List, Name, Program, String, Variable); currently missing: arrays and vectors, algebraics, directories.