FYI. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Instantiations, Inc. <info@instantiations.com> Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 3:00 PM Subject: VAST (VA Smalltalk) Version 9.2 Now Available! To: <marianopeck@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=40d53f69de264c389f2...> . Download VAST 9.2 <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> *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=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) - Git support for VAST with Tonel interchange (tonel-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) - Git/Tonel examples (tonel-demos on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) - Docker examples (docker-examples on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) - Pigpio bindings for VAST (pigpio-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) - Pharo to VAST porting tool (pharo2va on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) - Eclipse MQTT Paho client for VAST (paho-mqtt-vast on Github <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> ) **Beta feature: contact us for more details* *Read More:* VAST 9.2 Full Documentation <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> VAST 9.2 Data Sheet <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> Download VAST 9.2 <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> [image: Follow us on LinkedIn.] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> [image: Follow us on Twitter.] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> [image: Follow us on GitHub.] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> [image: Subscribe on YouTube] <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> Google Groups Forum <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> instantiations.com <https://instantiations.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d53f69de264c389f2...> © 2019 Instantiations, Inc. 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