From 3dc0c12a0387c5488e9a218beb40509affcd1863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 17:46:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Release update. * NEWS: Update. --- NEWS | 29 +++++++++++++++++ doc/ANNOUNCE-0.6 | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 111 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/ANNOUNCE-0.6 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2c7cdb64..1d24a377 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,35 @@ Copyright © 2016,2017 Jan Nieuwenhuizen Please send Mes bug reports to janneke@gnu.org. +* Changes in 0.6 since 0.5 +** Core +*** configure, build now supports x86 and development for arm with-courage. +** Language +*** Nyacc has been unbundled and is now a dependency. +*** Mes now supports case-lambda. +*** Mes reader now supports abbreviated form for return character #\cr. +*** 1 new function +string-index. +** Mescc +*** Mescc can be used on regular C sources, like tinycc's tests/test2 suite. +*** make check passes 33/55 of tinycc's test suite etest/test2 tests. +*** Mescc now recognizes `short' as a type. +*** Mescc now supports sizeof (), sizeof(). +*** Mescc now respects enum field initializers and supports enum variables. +*** Mescc now supports binary constants . +*** Mescc now supports assignments from ==, != boolean expressions . +*** Mescc now supports &, ^. +*** Mescc now supports struct pointers. +*** Mescc now supports struct definition with immediatete variable declaration. +*** Mescc now supports calling (returning correctly from) void functions. +*** Mescc now handles case statements breaks without compound correctly. +*** Mescc now has better [int/pointer] array support. +*** Mescc now has better support for simple (non-array-)structs. +*** Mescc now supports multiple declarations in one statement like: int a,b; +**** 2 new mlibc functions +printf, strcpy. +** Noteworthy bug fixes +*** Installed mes and mes.repl now also run outside of source tree again. * Changes in 0.5 since 0.4 ** Core *** Support compilation with Mescc. diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCE-0.6 b/doc/ANNOUNCE-0.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..03aaac29 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ANNOUNCE-0.6 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +Subject: Mes 0.6 released + +I am pleased to announce the release of Mes 0.6, representing 32 +commits over 10 days. Mescc now works with vanilla Nyacc 0.78.3 +(thanks Matt!), Nyacc has been unbundled and Mescc compiles 33/55 +of tinycc test2 tests. + +* About + + Mes aims to create full source bootstrapping for GuixSD: an + entirely source-based bootstrap path. The target is to [have + GuixSD] boostrap from a minimal, easily inspectable binary --that + should be readable as source-- into something close to R6RS + Scheme. + + It currently consists of a mutual self-hosting [close to Guile-] + Scheme interpreter prototype in C and a Nyacc-based C compiler in + [Guile] Scheme. + + The Scheme interpreter prototype (mes.c) has a Garbage Collector, + a library of loadable Scheme modules-- notably Dominique Boucher's + LALR[1], Pre-R6RS portable syntax-case[2] with R7RS ellipsis, Matt + Wette's Nyacc[3] Guile's PEG[4] --and test suite just barely + enough to support a simple REPL (repl.mes) and simple C-compiler + (mescc.mes) that can produce the second initial ELF binary from + binary from mes.c, in only about 2h30'. + + Mes was inspired by The Maxwell Equations of Software: LISP-1.5[5] + -- John McCarthy page 13, GNU Guix's[6] source/binary packaging + transparency and Jeremiah Orians's stage0[7] bootstrap project. + +* Download + + git clone https://gitlab.com/janneke/mes + + wget https://gitlab.com/janneke/mes/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=v0.5 -O mes-0.5.tar.gz + +Mes runs from the source tree and can also be built, packaged and +installed in Guix[SD] by the usual + + guix package -f guix.scm + +* Changes in 0.6 since 0.5 + ** Core + *** configure, build now supports x86 and development for arm with-courage. + ** Language + *** Nyacc has been unbundled and is now a dependency. + *** Mes now supports case-lambda. + *** Mes reader now supports abbreviated form for return character #\cr. + *** 1 new function + string-index. + ** Mescc + *** Mescc can be used on regular C sources, like tinycc's tests/test2 suite. + *** make check passes 33/55 of tinycc's test suite etest/test2 tests. + *** Mescc now recognizes `short' as a type. + *** Mescc now supports sizeof (), sizeof(). + *** Mescc now respects enum field initializers and supports enum variables. + *** Mescc now supports binary constants . + *** Mescc now supports assignments from ==, != boolean expressions . + *** Mescc now supports &, ^. + *** Mescc now supports struct pointers. + *** Mescc now supports struct definition with immediatete variable declaration. + *** Mescc now supports calling (returning correctly from) void functions. + *** Mescc now handles case statements breaks without compound correctly. + *** Mescc now has better [int/pointer] array support. + *** Mescc now has better support for simple (non-array-)structs. + *** Mescc now supports multiple declarations in one statement like: int a,b; + **** 2 new mlibc functions + printf, strcpy. + ** Noteworthy bug fixes + *** Installed mes and mes.repl now also run outside of source tree again. + +Greetings, +janneke + +[1] https://github.com/schemeway/lalr-scm +[2] https://www.cs.indiana.edu/chezscheme/syntax-case/old-psyntax.html +[3] https://www.nongnu.org/nyacc/ +[4] https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/master/guile.html/PEG-Parsing.html +[5] http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/book/LISP%25201.5%2520Programmers%2520Manual.pdf +[6] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ +[7] https://github.com/oriansj/stage0