Adobe Alchemy Creates Flash Applications with C and C++
Nov 25, 2008Adobe Systems has issued a prerelease version of project Alchemy, a small tool that compiles C and C++ code for programs running on ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2). The idea is to expand the capabilities of Web applications running on Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR 1.5.
more »Intel Updates C++ and Fortran Compilers for Linux
Nov 18, 2008Chipmaker Intel has reworked its proprietary Linux compilers. The Intel C/C++ compiler version 11.0 now supports the mobile processor Atom. The same version of the Fortran compiler now supports the Fortran 2003 language standard.
more »Mono 2.0 is Ready: Compilers for C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 8
Oct 07, 2008The developers of Mono, the free implementation of the .NET framework, have achieved a major milestone with version 2.0.
more »Free BBC Dirac Codec in Version 1.0
Sep 19, 2008Version 1.0 of the free Dirac video codec is now available.
more »Scalp: Log Analyzer Finds Web Attacks
Sep 17, 2008Romain Gaucher, a specialist in web security, offers his Scalp tool in version 0.4. The log analyzer searches for attacks on Apache web applications.
more »OpenMapi: Free Libraries For Microsoft's Mail-Interface
Sep 16, 2008Several groupware developers have come together to work on Project OpenMapi, an open source API, based on Microsoft's Mapi.
more »Web Application with C++ and FastCGI
Sep 10, 2008The free library Fastcgi++ Version 1.0, which enables the programming of web applications in C++ language, is now available.
more »GCC Developers Publish Bugfix Release
Feb 05, 2008The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) developers have now released version 4.2.3, which fixes a number of bugs.
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