Re: ANN: SparForte 1.3 (Release Candidate)

["Álex R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com>]

Master of Magic wrote:

> SparForte 1.3 (Release Candidate)
>     Type : Programming Language
> Platforms: Linux i386/x86_64/Alpha and FreeBSD
>   License: GPL
> 
>   Home URL: http://www.pegasoft.ca/sparforte.html
> Source URL: https://github.com/kburtch/SparForte
> 
> SparForte is an Ada-based command shell, template engine and scripting
> language.  There are 23 built-in
> packages and more than 80 example scripts.
> 
> The sources on GitHub should be considered a release candidate for
> version 1.3.  If you are interested, please try it out and notify me
> of any bugs you find.

FYI, I managed to compile it without much trouble in Ubuntu 11.10. I had 
only to install the relevant SDL/mysql/pgsql packages and export GMAKE=make

Alex.

> 
> Changes in Version 1.3
> 
> - with separate (that is, include files)
> - new memcache packages
> - new JSON functions and related pragmas
> - support for unit testing
> 
> See ChangeLog in the sources for a complete list.
> 
> Started in 2001 as the Business Shell, SparForte is an open project
> project.  Because I'm working on this in my spare time, let me know if
> you find SparForte useful.  Volunteers are encouraged to contribute
> examples, tutorials, new built-in packages, post examples to Rosetta
> Code, etc.
> 
> Ken B.
> Application Architect, Toronto, Canada