Fwd: Announcing the new release of BSF4ooRexx, 2011-08-22

[Rony G. Flatscher (wu-wien)]

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Subject:	[Oorexx-devel] Announcing the new release of BSF4ooRexx, 2011-08-22
Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:20:23 +0200

Announcing the new release of BSF4ooRexx, 2011-08-22
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After an extensive test period the development team of "BSF4ooRexx" is proud to
announce the general availability (GA) of BSF4ooRexx, version 4.06, 20110822!

BSF4ooRexx is a language binding for the easy to learn and powerful scripting
language ooRexx (http://www.ooRexx.org), which allows ooRexx programmers to
directly use the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on practically every
computer.

The language binding camouflages Java as a dynamically typed, caseless language,
making it extremely easy to exploit Java by non-Java programmers.

BSF4ooRexx comes with a built-in support for programming
OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.org and allows ooRexx to be used as a macro language.

Some notable features of this version of BSF4ooRexx:

- for the first time GUI-based installers for Linux, MacOSX and Windows,

- camouflages the strictly typed and case-dependent Java language as an easy to
  use, dynamically typed, caseless language,

- makes it easy for ooRexx programmers to exploit all functionality Java offers
  in a platform independent manner (ooRexx scripts using BSF4ooRexx can run
  unchanged on Linux, MacOSX and Windows!),

- allows to implement Java methods in ooRexx (interface and abstract Java
  methods),

- allows Java/NetRexx programmers to directly interact with ooRexx objects
  (sending ooRexx messages, supplying arguments, fetching return values,
  catching ooRexx conditions),

- for the first time a new, platform independent GUI-based editor for testing
  ooRexx code interactively,

- new support for MacoSX, the MacOSX version of BSF4ooRexx includes a version of
  ooRexx built from the ooRexx 4.1.1 branch,

- integration of Java awt/swing into the MacOSX user interface (Apple menu,
  etc.),

- a GUI-based on-the-fly documentation tool for OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.org
  classes,

- and much, much more ...

The BSF4ooRexx project now resides at sourceforge and has become an official
project of the non-profit special interest group "Rexx Language Association
(RexxLA)".  RexxLA is also the owner of the easy to learn, yet powerful
scripting language ooRexx and of NetRexx, the first Java language with a Rexx
syntax.

Home:    http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx (new!)
RexxLA:  http://www.RexxLA.org
ooRexx:  http://www.ooRexx.org
NetRexx: http://www.NetRexx.org

The BSF4ooRexx team, 2011-08-22

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