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February 28, 2006
Hot on the heels...
I've posted rc2 of 4.6 on the site already, because several bugs were discovered almost immediately that affected Windows users. My primary desktop machine is a Linux box, and although I do test builds on Windows, it's clear that I still need to improve my test process to be more thorough in coverage.
It was nice to see a mention on the front page of alicebot.org almost as soon as rc1 was announced earlier today; there hasn't been current information about Program D on that site for a long time. I'm glad to be able to put out new versions, and fixes to those versions, in the spirit of open community.
So, thanks, everybody, and keep the communication flowing!
Noel
Posted by Noel at 02:41 PM | Comments (0)
Program D 4.6 release candidate 1
Now available at http://aitools.org is Program D version 4.6, release candidate 1. This is a highly-recommended release which introduces some interesting perforamnce improvements, fixes a number of important bugs, and brings some major architectural improvements--most notably, Program D can now be deployed as a .war file to a web application server, and can interact with a web client using "Ajax" technologies.
The download--in "binary", source, and web application (.war) formats--is available at:
http://aitools.org/downloads/#programd
Program D is the most widely used free ("open source") AIML bot platform in the world. It is the most feature-complete, best-tested implementation of the current AIML specification. It supports unlimited multiple bots in a single server instance, and has an open-ended architecture for interacting via any interface imaginable. The standard release provides a J2EE web application implementation that can be deployed as a .war file. Drop-in listeners are available for IRC, ICQ/AIM, and Yahoo. It includes an automated testing framework for testing knowledge bases, and is packaged with an AIML Test Suite that verifies that the program itself complies to the AIML specification.
Program D is known to work with many different languages / character sets. Its component-oriented architecture allows it to be integrated into any application framework desirable. It is implemented in Java, and uses many features of the latest JDK to provide optimum code reliability. It is actively maintained and supported.
More details about the 4.6rc1 release are available here:
http://aitools.org/programd/docs/release-notes.html
The readme doc, which has been significantly updated, is here:
http://aitools.org/programd/docs/readme.html
Discussion about all aspects of installing, using and integrating Program D takes place on the Program D mailing list, which can be accessed here:
http://aitools.org/mailing-lists.html
Any issues that arise with use of this new release may be reported and discussed via the mailing list, and/or through the aitools.org bug tracker at:
Many thanks to all those who have contributed patches, bug reports, testing reports, and suggestions contributing to this new version of Program D.
Best regards,
Noel Bush
http://aitools.org
Posted by Noel at 02:15 AM | Comments (0)