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Subject: ANNOUNCE : new 1.2.2 development version of Jacl and Tcl Blend - DN [1]

mo <no@spam.com> - 23 Mar 1999 - comp.lang.tcl

 This message is to announce the new 1.2.2 release of Jacl and
 Tcl Blend.  These releases are the result of a joint effort by
 Christopher Hylands, Mo DeJong, and Bryan Surles. The goal of
 this project is to extend and improve the 1.0 release of Jacl
 and Tcl Blend which was originally started by the Sun Tcl team.

 The 1.2 Developers version of Jacl and Tcl Blend are available for
 downloading at the following URL:

     http://www.cs.umn.edu/~dejong/tcl/tcljava

 The 1.2 version is a developers release and should be considered alpha
 quality. Version 1.2.2 includes lots of bug fixes and some new features
 that make it even easier to use Tcl and Java together. Jacl users will
 be interested in a workaround for a Windows JDK 1.2 bug which stopped
 characters from being echoed to the command line until return is
 pressed.
 Both Jacl and Tcl Blend users will be interested in the new ability
 to pass Java long objects to java methods. In addition, a new
 java::autolock command has been added which can halt garbage
 collection during interactive sessions.

 What is Jacl?
 ----------------

 Jacl is a 100% Java implementation of Tcl 8.0.  This allows Tcl to run
 in more environments and also brings the power of scripting to Java
 developers.  Jacl only implements a subset of the Tcl language (the C
 version of Tcl has a lot of features!).  However, the core of the
 language is implemented and well tested.

 What is Tcl Blend?
 ------------------------

 Tcl Blend is a Tcl Extension that allows you to have access to the
 Java VM from the Tcl interpreter.  The goal here is to allow Tcl
 developers to write new Tcl extensions in Java rather then C or C++
 for better portability.  Currently, Tcl Blend is only known to work
 with Solaris and Windows 95/NT.  However, it should be easy to port
 Tcl Blend to any system that supports dynamic loading and the Java JNI
 interface.

 For additional information:
 ---------------------------------

 Scriptics Corporation maintains the download site for Jacl and Tcl
 Blend.  This site contains a variety of information about Tcl & Java
 integration: including FAQs, man pages, and the binary and source
 distributions for Jacl and Tcl Blend.  Please visit the following URL:

     http://www.scriptics.com/java

 Christopher Hylands maintains his own page that lists a plethora of
 information.  There are links to related Web pages, his own personal
 notes about building and using Jacl and Tcl Blend, and in depth
 explanations about Tcl and Java integration.  This information can be
 found at the following URL:

     http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cxh/java/tclblend

 Comments and questions can be sent to the Tcl & Java integration
 mailing list at:

     tcljava@tclconsortium.org

 Of course, you will need to join the mailing list first. You can do
 so by sending an email to this address.

     tcljava-request@tclconsortium.org

 Scriptics support for Jacl and Tcl Blend:
 -------------------------------------------------

 It is important to understand that this release is due entirely to the
 efforts of Christopher Hylands and Mo DeJong. Scriptics currently has
 a minor, facilitating role in Jacl and Tcl Blend and is not officially
 supporting these releases.

 If you have a problem with Jacl or Tcl Blend or you think you have
 a great idea for a feature, you should send an email to the tcljava
 mailing list. Please do not send email directly to the authors.

 Credits
 ---------
 The Jacl and Tcl Blend releases are brought to you by:

  Mo DeJong
  Christopher Hylands
  Bryan Surles

 We would like to thank the Jacl and Tcl Blend 1.0 team:

  Ray Johnson: Project Manager
  Melissa Hirschl
  Ioi Lam
  Bryan Surles

 And a special thanks to Scott Stanton who implemented Tcl Blend, and
 to John Reekie of UC Berkeley.