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Fwd: VAST (VA Smalltalk) Version 9.2 Now Available!

by Mariano Martinez Peck

FYI. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Instantiations, Inc. <info(a)instantiations.com> Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 3:00 PM Subject: VAST (VA Smalltalk) Version 9.2 Now Available! To: <marianopeck(a)gmail.com> Experience the faster JIT-based virtual machines along with dozens of other enhancements. [image: Instantiations Logo] [image: VAST (VA Smalltalk) Version 9.2] *VAST 9.2 Now Available!* The latest version of VAST has dozens of new features and enhancements including: - Significantly faster virtual machines with just-in-time (JIT) compilers - HiDPI support for Windows® - Fully featured SMTP/IMAP support - Native PostgreSQL driver *See full list below* *Free upgrades to VAST 9.2 for customers with active support subscriptions. Fully functional free trials are available for evaluating VAST.* VAST (VA Smalltalk) continues to be compatible with IBM® VisualAge® for Smalltalk. Make upgrades fast and easy using the latest migration guide <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> . Download VAST 9.2 <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> *What's New in VAST 9.2?* Major performance increase with all new just-in-time (JIT) compiler for 32 and 64-bit virtual machines! - *Platform*: - AArch64 joins the ARM family lineup* - Major FFI performance increases - Support for returning struct-by-value in FFI - Transitioned to latest Clang compiler for Windows - Updated LLVM code generator - Walkback generator provides more useful information and pluggability - Updated virtual machine C-interface - *Base Libraries*: - CSV support - STON support - Many APIs added for dialect portability - *Graphics*: - Full HiDPI support on Windows - Scintilla editor fonts use DirectWrite (GPU-accelerated rendering) by default - 20x speedup in PNG reading - PNG interlaced frame handling support - Updated look-and-feel of the Windows application icon, *Environments* banner, and splash screens - *Unicode*: - Kernel-level EsCodePageUtilities with enhanced Unicode conversion - Seaside Unicode updates - Grease UTF-8 enhancements - Iconv updates for Unix - Zip streams UTF-8 support for file names and comments - *Compression*: - Brotli compression streams - ZStandard compression streams - *Communications*: - New IMAP client - New SMTP client - SASL authentication framework - Mail examples - SstHttpClient support for HTTP requests (PUT, DELETE...) - Absolute/relative redirect support for SstHttpClient - SNI support for SstHttpClient - Seaside improvements - *Security*: - LibreSSL compatibility - Probabilistic Signature Schemes (RSA-PSS) - Server name indication support - *Databases*: - Native PostgreSQL driver - PostgreSQL database abstraction layer integration - GLORP updates - *Development Tools*: - Cross-development enhancements (XD) - SstDebugger now supports reading .sdf files - MonticelloImporter loading enhancements - SUnit enhancements - *EMSRV*: - Improvements to PAM authentication - *Deployment*: - Dynamic packaging rules using static code analysis for warning reduction - Significant reduction of packaging warnings on shipped apps - Seaside packaging works out-of-the-box - *VAST Environments Launcher*: - Copy installations to new location - Move *Environments* to a new location - Default editor/file explorer identifier for Linux - *Documentation*: - Seaside headless packaging examples in server guide - Stack dumping and remote debugging with Seaside documentation - Updated migration guide - *Research/Development and Open Source Projects*: - TensorFlow machine learning for VAST (tensorflow-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) - Git support for VAST with Tonel interchange (tonel-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) - Git/Tonel examples (tonel-demos on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) - Docker examples (docker-examples on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) - Pigpio bindings for VAST (pigpio-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) - Pharo to VAST porting tool (pharo2va on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) - Eclipse MQTT Paho client for VAST (paho-mqtt-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> ) **Beta feature: contact us for more details* *Read More:* VAST 9.2 Full Documentation <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> VAST 9.2 Data Sheet <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> Download VAST 9.2 <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> [image: Follow us on LinkedIn.] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> [image: Follow us on Twitter.] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> [image: Follow us on GitHub.] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> [image: Subscribe on YouTube] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> Google Groups Forum <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> instantiations.com <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> © 2019 Instantiations, Inc. All rights reserved. All product names, trademarks, and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. All company, product, and service names are used for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks, and brands does not imply endorsement. Instantiations, Inc. 4917 Waters Edge Drive Suite 268 Raleigh, NC 27606 Add us to your address book <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=40d53f69de264c389f24ea8e…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=40d53f69de264c389f24ea…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=40d53f69de264c389f…> . -- Mariano Martinez Peck Email: marianopeck(a)gmail.com Twitter: @MartinezPeck LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mariano-martinez-peck <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariano-mart%C3%ADnez-peck/> Blog: https://marianopeck.wordpress.com/

Nov. 22, 2019

MoreVMs 2020 : Workshop on Modern Language Runtimes, Ecosystems, and VMs

by Fabio Niephaus

============================================================================ Call for Extended Abstracts and Talks: MoreVMs’20 4th Workshop on Modern Language Runtimes, Ecosystems, and VMs Co-located with ‹Programming›’20 March 23rd or 24th, 2020, Porto, Portugal https://2020.programming-conference.org/home/MoreVMs-2020 ============================================================================ Following three previous successful editions, the MoreVMs’20 workshop aims to bring together industrial and academic programmers to discuss the design, implementation, and usage of modern languages and runtimes. This includes aspects such as reuse of language runtimes, modular implementation, language design, and compilation strategies. By bringing together both researchers and practitioners, the workshop aims to enable a diverse discussion on how languages and runtimes are currently being utilized, and where they need to improve further. In addition to conventional workshop-style submissions, MoreVMs also accepts (and encourages) submissions that present early-stage work and emerging ideas. Relevant topics include, but are definitely not limited to, the following: - Extensible VM design (compiler- or interpreter-based VMs) - Reusable components (e.g. interpreters, garbage collectors, ...) - Static and dynamic compilation techniques - Techniques for targeting high-level languages such as JavaScript - Interoperability between languages - Tooling support (e.g. debugging, profiling, etc.) - Programming language development environments - Case studies of existing language implementation approaches - Language implementation challenges and trade-offs - Surveys and usage reports to understand usage in the wild - Ideas for more predictable performance - Ideas for how VMs could take advantage of new hardware features - Ideas for how we should build languages in the future Workshop Format and Submissions ------------------------------- We welcome presentation proposals in the form of extended abstracts (2 to 4 pages long) and talk proposals (title and 400 words abstract) discussing new techniques, insights, experiences, works-in-progress, as well as future visions, from either an academic or industrial perspective. The extended abstracts and talk proposals, and if the speakers wish, their slides, will be published on the workshop's website. Alternatively, extended abstracts can be published as part of the companion of ‹Programming›’20 in the ACM DL. Publication in the ACM DL is conditional on the acceptance by the program committee. Please note that MoreVMs’20 is organized as an academic workshop, and as such, speakers will be required to register for the workshop. We regret that we are unable to cover registration, travel, or accommodation costs for authors. Author Instructions ------------------- Submissions should use the ACM `acmart` format: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template If you are using LaTeX, submissions should use the 'acmart' document class with the 'sigconf' option, and with a font size of 9 point. Please use the Libertine/Biolinum font family. Please include page numbers in your submission using the LaTeX command `\settopmatter{printfolios=true}`. All submissions should be in PDF format. Please also ensure that your submission is legible when printed on a black and white printer. In particular, please check that colors remain distinct and font sizes are legible. Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=morevms20 Important Dates --------------- Extended abstract and talk submissions: 2020-01-10 Author notification: 2020-02-10 Camera Ready: 2020-02-21 Workshop: 2020-03-23 or 2020-03-24 All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE), i.e. GMT/UTC-12:00 hour. Invited Speakers ----------------- Roman Kennke, Shenandoah GC Project Lead, Red Hat Leszek Swirski, Software Engineer, V8 Team, Google Program Committee ----------------- Nicolas B. Pierron, Mozilla, France Clément Béra, Google, Denmark Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Stephen Kell, University of Kent, United Kingdom Christoph Kirsch, University of Salzburg, Austria Hidehiko Masuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Gabriela Alexandra Moldovan, Cloudflare, United Kingdom David Pearce, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Manuel Rigger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jennifer B. Sartor, Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Tomoharu Ugawa, Kochi University of Technology, Japan Michael Van De Vanter, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, United States Andy Wingo, Igalia, S.L., United States Organizers ---------- Edd Barrett, King's College London, United Kingdom Fabio Niephaus, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany

Nov. 15, 2019

[ECRTS 2020] Call for Papers

by Gordana Rakic

Dear all, Please find enclosed the Call for Papers for the 32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 20) July 7-10, 2020, Modena, Italy, www.ecrts.org <http://www.ecrts.org> . There is also a Call for workshops at https://www.ecrts.org/call-for-workshop-proposals/ This conference has an open access to the proceedings. Best regards, Gordana

Nov. 11, 2019