Issue: Aug'08
Version 0.20.0b released!
Author: coderJeff
Posted By: HexDude
Category: News
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AndAlso/OrElse short-circuiting operators and many other improvements in this release.
For a list of all changes in this release, the v0.20.0b changelog is available here (link)
Most important changes:
- AndAlso/OrElse short-circuiting operators
- Updated FreeImage support for v3.10
- BLOAD now supports 15, 16, and 32-bpp BMP files, alpha in 32-bpp BMP files (BITMAPV4/V5HEADER only), arbitrary BI_BITFIELDS bitfields, and OS/2 BMP files
- Many improvements to gfx functions (SCREEN, PCOPY, LINE, CIRCLE, PALETTE, GETMOUSE)
- Many improvements to run-time functions (VAL, STR, GET#, LINE INPUT, LEN, DIR, LSET)
- Improved dialect support (removed dialect dependencies from the rtlib, added IMAGEINFO, and #lang directive)
- GOSUB now allowed in fblite (with OPTION GOSUB)
- SSE/SSE2 support for floating point math (using -fpu sse command line option)
COMPILER DOWNLOADS:
Windows v0.20.0b (2008-08-10):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FreeBASIC-v0.20.0b-win32.exe?download
Linux v0.20.0b (2008-08-10):
- preconfigured for installation at /usr/local
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FreeBASIC-v0.20.0b-linux.tar.gz?download
Linux v0.20.0b standalone (2008-08-10):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FreeBASIC-v0.20.0b-linux-standalone.tar.gz?download
DOS v0.20.0b (2008-08-10):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FreeBASIC-v0.20.0b-dos32.zip?download
Source v0.20.0b:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FreeBASIC-v0.20.0b-src.tar.gz?download
DOCUMENTATION DOWNLOADS:
Manual 0.20.0 in CHM format:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FB-manual-0.20.0-chm.zip?download
Manual 0.20.0 in HTML format:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FB-manual-0.20.0-html.zip?download
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