[M3devel] Release notes comments

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 08:24:22AM +0200, Olaf Wagner wrote:
> Quoting "Rodney M. Bates" <rodney.m.bates at cox.net>:
> 
> >A couple of comments on the release notes for 5.8.2:     <li>System
> >pthread threading is now the default on all
> >     platforms. The original (fast) M3 user level thread code is
> >     still there and can be used if necessary (on most platforms). On
> >     many systems, this allows M3 applications to scale over all
> >     available hardware processors.</li>
> >
> >This sounds like it is the original user level threads that allow
> >scaling over multiple processors, which I believe is backwards.  I
> >suggest swapping the second and third sentences be for clarity.
> ><li>New data type LONGINT (64 bit integer) on all target
> >     platforms except Windows (still in the queue).</li>
> >
> >As I understand it, LONGINT is in Windows too, it just isn't 64
> >bits yet.
> 
> Thanks Rodney, that was fast. After browsing the change logs for several
> hours, I just checked in that draft last night before falling asleep.
> 
> I'd like everybody to have a look at them and correct, extend or add
> topics they'd like to change or see. Probably I've missed at least some.
> Order should also be considered.
> 
> You can browse them at http://www.opencm3.net/releng/relnotes-5.8-RC2.html
> now if you don't want to read them in your CVS workspace.
> 
> Let me know what you think and feel free to improve the checked-in source,
> 
> Olaf
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Current information on Modula 3 is still hard to get,  Googling 'Modula 
3' still give a lot of links to obsolete information.  Perhaps I could 
update the Wikipedia entry to point to http://www.opencm3.net/releng/ as 
the place to find information on current development?  I know it's only 
there temporarily, but it's always possible to update it when it moves 
to its permanent place.

Uh ... That is the proper place right now, isn't it?

If you approve, I'll do it the next time I'm online long enough 
(which may not be for a few days; I'm travelling).  Unless someone beats 
me to it, of course. (hint, hint)

-- hendrik