2 #+TITLE: Mes NEWS – history of user-visible changes
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5 Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
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11 Please send Mes bug reports to janneke@gnu.org.
13 * Changes in 0.1 (since progress report #2)
16 *** expand_macro is now a separate function.
17 *** A smaller core can now compiled using BOOT=1.
18 The smaller core does not provide define, define-macro, or quasiquote;
19 these are provided from a Scheme version of implemented eval/apply.
21 *** Mes now provides a subset of R5RS.
22 *** Mes now provides let-syntax.
23 *** Mes now provides match.
24 *** Mes now provides quasisyntax, unsyntax and unsyntax-splicing.
26 *** Mes now provides a REPL, run:
28 *** Mes compiler can be run as a script:
29 scripts/mescc.mes doc/examples/main.c
30 *** Macro expansion can be inspected in the REPL, e.g.:
32 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
33 *** Performance: scripts/mescc.mes now takes 2s to compile main.c (was 1'20").
34 *** Symbols are now truly unique.
35 * '(), #t, #f are no longer symbols.