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May 13, 2005
Version 4.5 Released
Program D 4.5 has been released. It is available at:
After three release candidates, during which a number of bugs were discovered and fixed, and a full complement of planned features and enhancements were integrated, this version of Program D is now released as "final".
Communication
All communication about Program D development, bugs, improvements, usage, etc. takes place via the Program D mailing list, accessible via:
http://aitools.org/mailinglists/
Bug reports may be tracked and created at:
What Is New
A full description of enhancements to version 4.5 can be viewed at:
http://aitools.org/programd/release-notes.html
Here is a summary:
- Component Orientation
- Enhanced Configurability
- Vastly Improved XML Parsing
- Schema-Based Validation
- Revised Logging Scheme
- XML Templating for Responders
- Regular Expressions for Substitutions
- Improved Responder Architecture
- Merge Policies
- AIML Testing System
- AIML Test Suite
- Plugin architecture
- AIML Shell Command
- Listener Updates and Package Separation
- Type Safety and Other JDK-Supported Enhancements
- Tighter Coding Standards
- Better Error Checking
- Numerous Bug Fixes
The Future
Subsequent bug fixes and minor updates will be released as new point releases (4.5.1, 4.5.2, etc.). Development is now underway on a 5.0 version that will introduce significant extensibility.
Many thanks to all who have participated in bringing version 4.5 to final release status by reporting bugs, submitting code, and other communications and contributions.
Posted by Noel at May 13, 2005 10:04 PM