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April 25, 2005
New Release of Program D
(From the Release Notes...)
This is the first release of Program D in three years. During this time, Program D has remained the most widely used open source / free AIML interpreter in the world. It has been employed in numerous projects, from personal-sized art projects to large, enterprise level deployments. The stability and consistent performance achieved in version 4.1.5 have proven enduring and reliable, despite the hiatus in available support.
This new release focuses on updating the Program D technology to take advantage of progress in technologies available as part of the core Java platform. Core functionalities such as XML parsing, logging, and various architectural matters are now handled in a fashion that heightens stability, performance and maintainability.
We have finally addressed the issue of component orientation: Program D can now be easily included into any application framework as a simple "core" object, without ever involving any undesired interfaces (servlet container, IM interface, etc.). On the other hand, these optional interfaces now use a more flexible and better defined API to connect to the Core, and we are confident that additional interfaces may now be provided with far more ease than before.
Every line of code of Program D has been reviewed, and "refactored" as appropriate. The program still passes all of the AIML 1.0.1 test cases published with the previous version, as well as a few more.
Read the complete release notes.
Posted by Noel at April 25, 2005 02:55 PM