REBOL/View 1.3 Release Summary
View 1.3 is a milestone release for REBOL; not only does it include a
large number of fixes and enhancements, but it is the first release of
REBOL built with significant contributions from the REBOL community.
Here are some of the highlights:
- More than 60 new functions added
- More than 50 functions updated for better performance, tighter
code, or more natural semantic behavior
- More than 200 bugs eliminated
- 50 "wishes" granted
- Command Shell access and Sound are now available in the free version!
(View/Pro adds encryption (RSA, DH, DSA, AES, Rijndael, and Blowfish)
and dynamic library access, direct from REBOL)
- Networking improvements (ESMTP for authenticated email, new FTP, HTTP head)
- New garbage collector, faster and more reliable
- Improved image datatype implementation, plus new refinements,
and new functions for color conversion
- All new draw effect for better scalar vector graphics.
Based on AGG library from Antigrain.com
- Parse enhancements (deeper recursion, RETURN and THROW support)
- VID Face accessors and doc objects (easier for beginners,
less code for experts).
- New modal system for VID (all new implementation)
- Enhanced path datatype evaluation (evaluation of lit paths, allow parens)
- Better support for dialects by allowing word evaluation without loss of security (reduce/only)
- List of REBOL/View 1.3 Changes for developers.
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