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Changes

This documents gives a brief overview of the changes between different Mozart versions.

• 1 Mozart 1.4.0
  • 1.1 Changes to the language
    • 1.1.1 New distribution features
    • 1.1.2 New fault model
    • 1.1.3 Post-mortem finalization
  • 1.2 Changes to the implementation
  • 1.3 Bug fixes

• 2 Mozart 1.3.2
  • 2.1 Changes in Oz, Mozart libraries and UI
    • 2.1.1 Dictionaries
    • 2.1.2 FSF
    • 2.1.3 Application module
    • 2.1.4 Psql Contribution
  • 2.2 Changes in the implementation that affect usability and performance
    • 2.2.1 Oz Compiler
    • 2.2.2 Garbage Collection
    • 2.2.3 Distribution Layer
  • 2.3 Changes in the implementation that affect maintainability and portability
  • 2.4 More Bug Fixes

• 3 Mozart 1.3.1
  • 3.1 Changes in MOGUL and ozmake
    • 3.1.1 Support for multiple package formats
    • 3.1.2 Bug Fixes
  • 3.2 Changes in Oz, Mozart libraries and UI
    • 3.2.1 oztool
    • 3.2.2 loop support
    • 3.2.3 POSIX support
    • 3.2.4 Standard Library
  • 3.3 Changes in the implementation that affect usability and performance
    • 3.3.1 Compiler
    • 3.3.2 Unification
    • 3.3.3 Distribution Subsystem
  • 3.4 Changes in the implementation that affect maintainability and portability
    • 3.4.1 Compiling C++ native functors on Windows

• 4 Mozart 1.3.0
  • 4.1 Changes in Oz, Mozart libraries and UI
    • 4.1.1 Redesign of by-need synchronization
    • 4.1.2 Uniform state operators
    • 4.1.3 The Oz Base environment
    • 4.1.4 Ozcar
    • 4.1.5 Ozmake
    • 4.1.6 Oztool on Windows
    • 4.1.7 QTk
  • 4.2 Changes in the implementation that affect usability and performance
    • 4.2.1 Garbage collection
    • 4.2.2 Oz dictionaries
    • 4.2.3 Performance of the distribution subsystem
    • 4.2.4 Pickling format
    • 4.2.5 Bugs..
  • 4.3 Changes in the implementation that affect maintainability and portability
    • 4.3.1 GCC caveats for building from sources

• 5 Mozart 1.2.5
  • 5.1 Revision 1
  • 5.2 Portability
  • 5.3 Graphics
  • 5.4 Windows
  • 5.5 Virtual Machine
  • 5.6 Constraint Programming
  • 5.7 Miscellaneous

• 6 Mozart 1.2.4
  • 6.1 Base
  • 6.2 Windows
  • 6.3 Documentation
  • 6.4 Constraint Programming
  • 6.5 Oz Language
  • 6.6 System Modules
  • 6.7 Tools
  • 6.8 Miscellaneous

• 7 Mozart 1.2.3

• 8 Mozart 1.2.2

• 9 Changes between Mozart 1.2.0 and Mozart 1.2.1
  • 9.1 Important Issues
  • 9.2 Changes
  • 9.3 Bug Fixes in Detail
  • 9.4 Miscellaneous

• 10 Changes between Mozart 1.1.0 and Mozart 1.2.0
  • 10.1 Changes in Oz, Mozart libraries and UI
    • 10.1.1 Loops
    • 10.1.2 ``Failed'' Futures and Module Manager
    • 10.1.3 Spaces
    • 10.1.4 Distribution Subsystem
    • 10.1.5 Constraint Systems
    • 10.1.6 Port Improvements
    • 10.1.7 Pickling Format
    • 10.1.8 `ozl --rewrite'
  • 10.2 Changes in the implementation that affect usability and performance
    • 10.2.1 Bugs
    • 10.2.2 2GB of Live Data
    • 10.2.3 New Supported Platforms
    • 10.2.4 Improved Distribution Subsystem
    • 10.2.5 No Fast Inter-Site Communication
  • 10.3 Changes in the implementation that affect maintainability and portability
    • 10.3.1 Accessing Oz Data Structures
    • 10.3.2 Redesign of the Distribution Subsystem

• 11 Changes between Mozart 1.0.1 and Mozart 1.1.0
  • 11.1 Changes
    • 11.1.1 Pickling
    • 11.1.2 Constraint Programming
    • 11.1.3 Distribution
    • 11.1.4 Documentation
    • 11.1.5 Support for loops
    • 11.1.6 Compiler Macro Names
    • 11.1.7 URL Support
  • 11.2 Fixes
    • 11.2.1 All Platforms
    • 11.2.2 Windows
    • 11.2.3 Linux
    • 11.2.4 Other Platforms

• 12 Changes between Mozart 1.0.0 and Mozart 1.0.1

• 13 Changes between DFKI Oz and Mozart 1.0.0
  • 13.1 General Changes
    • 13.1.1 Functors and Modules
    • 13.1.2 Applications
  • 13.2 Syntax Improvements
    • 13.2.1 Conditionals
    • 13.2.2 Functors
    • 13.2.3 Exceptions
    • 13.2.4 Keywords
    • 13.2.5 Core Expansion
  • 13.3 Base
    • 13.3.1 Classes with Multiple Inheritance
    • 13.3.2 The Modules Class and Object
    • 13.3.3 Chunks
  • 13.4 System Modules
    • 13.4.1 Search Engines renamed
    • 13.4.2 Scheduling support moved
    • 13.4.3 System.get and System.set
    • 13.4.4 System.valueToVirtualString and System.virtualStringToValue
  • 13.5 Tools
    • 13.5.1 New Tools
    • 13.5.2 Compiler
    • 13.5.3 Gump

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