News and Updates

• Feb 04 2021: Released Version 3.20

  Fixed build errors with newer versions of GHC.

• Jul 09 2016: Released Version 3.19.3

  Fixed FFI compilation errors.

• Apr 09 2016: Released Version 3.19.2

  Various bug fixes and hash table enhancements.

• Sep 29 2015: Released Version 3.19.1

  Bug fixes for complex numbers and GHC 7.10.1.

• Jan 31 2015: Released Version 3.19

  Call history is now provided when an error is thrown, to assist debugging.

• Aug 07 2014: Released Version 3.18

  This release contains bug fixes to many components including syntax-rules macros, for-each, and the Haskell API.

• Jun 07 2014: Released Version 3.17.1

  This release includes bug fixes and improvements to the core interpreter.

• Apr 23 2014: Released Version 3.17

  This release adds support for record types, parameter objects, a process-context library, and various bug fixes.

• Mar 10 2014: Released Version 3.16.1

  This release contains library and syntax-rules bug fixes.

• Feb 26 2014: Released Version 3.16

  This release improves R⁷RS library support, adds support for in-memory I/O buffers, and adds a new command line option to huski.

• Dec 25 2013: Released Version 3.15

  The big change for this release is an online User Manual that documents Husk's Scheme and Haskell APIs, and explains the Scheme language as implemented by Husk.

• Nov 14 2013: Released Version 3.14

  Another round of enhancements for R⁷RS.

• Oct 19 2013: Released Version 3.13

  This release includes many smaller enhancements to support R⁷RS.

• Aug 14 2013: Released Version 3.12

  Significant enhancements have been made to the huski REPL in this release.

• Jul 17 2013: Released Version 3.11

  The major change in this release is support for library syntax in the compiler, which sets the stage to begin adding support for R⁷RS.

• Jun 07 2013: Released Version 3.10

  This release is a major step in moving the compiler from an experimental project to a tool that can be used for real-world applications.

• May 06 2013: Released Version 3.9

  This release resolves a major issue with the FFI module, and includes several smaller fixes.

• Mar 19 2013: Released Version 3.8

  Many performance improvements are included in this release, as well as updates to Scheme libraries and the Haskell API.

• Feb 21 2013: Released Version 3.7

  This release adds beta support for Scheme libraries as well as many improvements to the Haskell API.

• Feb 04 2013: Released Version 3.6.3

  This release adds R⁷RS bytevector support and makes it easier to use husk as an extension language.

• Dec 23 2012: Released Version 3.6.2

  This release adds many new features including nested quasi-quotation forms, and-let*, and support for environment specifiers as well as many bug fixes.

• Dec 17 2012: Continuations

  Background information on the implementation of continuations in husk.

• Dec 10 2012: Understanding Scheme Macros

  This blog post gives a nice background on the history of various Scheme macro systems.

• Nov 15 2012: Released Version 3.6.1

  This point release adds support for GHC 7.6.1.

• Nov 10 2012: Released Version 3.6

  Enhanced the variable storage model to improve support for storing references to objects.

• Oct 04 2012: Released Version 3.5.7

  This release adds support for low-level explicit renaming macros.

• Jul 04 2012: Released Version 3.5.6

  This incremental release allows a hash table to be defined directly using the syntax "#hash(alist)".

• May 05 2012: Released Version 3.5.5

  A major addition in this release is support for the SRFI-1 List Library...

• Mar 27 2012: Released Version 3.5.4

  This release includes an incremental set of improvements...

• Feb 17 2012: Released Version 3.5.3

  This release adds full support for GHC 7.2.2 and 7.4.1...

• Feb 16 2012: Dynamic linking

  By default, Haskell executables are statically linked...

• Feb 05 2012: Released Version 3.5.2

  Introducing huskc, an experimental compiler...

• Jan 25 2012: Released Version 3.5.1

  This release contains various incremental improvements to husk...

• Dec 18 2011: Released Version 3.4.4

  This release continues the trend of quick point releases for the 3.4.x series...

• Dec 11 2011: Released Version 3.4.3

  Fixed `let-syntax` and `letrec-syntax` to prevent conflicts between...

• Nov 24 2011: Released Version 3.4.2

  Many improvements and bug fixes for let-syntax and letrec-syntax...

• Nov 16 2011: Released Version 3.4.1

  Added experimental support for let-syntax and letrec-syntax...

• Sep 21 2011: Older Releases

  This post summarizes all of the older releases of husk.