4 Mozart 1.3.0

Mozart 1.3.0 is both the development and maintenance release. The work on 1.3.0 began immediately after 1.2.0, while the subsequent 1.2.* releases were intended primarily as maintenance releases. The Mozart system that became 1.3.0 has been extensively (and successfully) used for our own research projects.

The changes in the language, Mozart libraries and the implementation are summarized in the following sections.

• 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