VAST Platform Version History

Language & Runtime

• Correction to edge case with a method cache reference in the virtual machine

Language & Runtime

• Performance improvements with SIMD
• Significant JIT performance improvements on ARM

Core Libraries

• Unicode fixes and enhancements
• Compression updates: ZStandard (v1.5.5), Brotli (v1.1.0), LZ4 (v1.9.4), zlib (v1.3)

Development Tools

• Richer Unicode support for inspectors
• Code editor updated to latest Scintillar

User Interface & Visuals

• Windows Table Widget available in Composition Editor
• CommonWidgets corrections

Communications & Web Dev

• WebView2 support
• Unicode integration for Seaside

Databases

• Unicode integration for databases: DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite and ODBC
• Unicode integration for GLORP
• Improvements to databases and GLORP

Additional Libraries

• Grease separated from Seaside

Language & Runtime

• Timezone database currency

Core Libraries

• Code page converter performance increase
• ObjectLoader fixes for 64-bit

Development Tools

• "Safe Remove" fix for refactoring browser

User Interface & Visuals

• Windows table widget common control - continuing improvements
• Icon support added within menus

Communications & Web Dev

• Seaside for VAST implementation updates
• Server Smalltalk (SST) corrections
• MQTT credential validation fixes

Databases

• DB2 sequences enhancements
• ODBC connectivity fixes for Linux
• GLORP updates

Version Control

• Corrected Tonel tools unloading behavior

Additional Libraries

• Grease corrections affecting Seaside-REST and proper unloading behavior
• NeoCSV updated to latest version
• Corrected unloading behavior affecting cryptographic support
• More robust XML support

Language & Runtime

• Windows 11 ARM processor support

Core Libraries

• Deeper Unicode integration
• Unicode, version 15

Development Tools

• 3-Way diff and profiler improvement
• SUnit enhancements

User Interface & Visuals

• Continued development on Windows table widget common control
• Hi-DPI improvements

Communications & Web Dev

• MQTT client, v3 and v5
• New LDAP capabilities

Security

• Secure LDAP (LDAPS) support

Version Control

• Tonel Tools framework expanded and improved

Additional Libraries

• NeoCSV, NeoJSON, STON updates

Core Libraries

• Unicode and code page converter library improvements
• Asynchronous library fixes
• Compression updates: ZStandard (v1.5.2), zlib (GZIP and ZIP, v1.12.0)

Development Tools

• Code assist improvements
• Development browser corrections

User Interface & Visuals

• Windows table widget common control enhancements
• Multi-monitor awareness fixes
• "Interrupt" button customization

Deployment

• Packaging more performant with better logging and stats
• Various packaging fixes

Language & Runtime

• ARM v7, v8 processor support (32 & 64-bit) with JIT compilation

Core Libraries

• Unicode support library (Unicode Standard, Version 14)
• Asynchronous streams & zones
• CRC32C (Castagnoli algorithm)
• Compression updates : ZStandard (v1.5.0), Brotli (v1.0.9), LZ4 (v1.9.3)

Development Tools

• Encoding-aware workspaces (UTF-8 / CodePage)
• New Unicode object inspectors
• Enhanced Scintilla editor with support for full-color emoji
• Transcript log text-to-file output

User Interface & Visuals

• Windows table widget common control
• Multi-monitor awareness

Communications & Web Dev

• Seaside updated to v3.4.5
• Streamed HTTP content retrieval (with async support)
• FTP/FTPS client

Databases

• SQLite update to v3.36.0

Security

• OpenSSL 3.0 cryptography and SSL enhancements (with FIPS)

Version Control

• Tonel Tools framework expanded and improved (v1.5.3)

Deployment

• Automated build support (ABS)
• Packaging and XD improvements

VAST Installation

• Windows 11, Server 2022 official support

Platform

• JIT memory usage improvements
• Server runtime enhancements for Linux
• Improved large Smalltalk image handling

Core Libraries

• Packaging of strings improved
• Enhancements to integer representations in VAST

Communications

• Server Smalltalk job scheduler fixes for Daylight Saving Time
• Database memory usage updates for Oracle and DB2

Development Tools

• Enhancements to walkback generator
• General minor tooling improvements
• WindowBuilder Pro map loading fixes

Look and Feel

• Scrolling list improvements
• Font fixes for browsers and code panes

Platform

• Significant performance improvements and corrections to just-in-time compiler
• Enhancements to FFI to support SELinux

Communications

• Remote PostgreSQL database connection support
• Socket corrections

Development Tools

• Enhanced return type analysis for simple message sends
• Class definition compiler considers proposed superclass shape
• Fixed packaging of methods that include pragmas
• Optimized packaging instructions for mail support
• Optimized packaging instructions for OsStructures

Installers

• Corrections to Red Hat 64-bit installer trying to install 32-bit libraries

Documentation

• Added link to online documentation under 'Help' on System Transcript

Platform

• Migration to LLVM 10 compiler toolchain
• Asynchronous call-ins

Core Libraries

• Cross-platform OsProcess framework
• Futures/promises asynchronous framework
• High-resolution timer
• Secure RNG stream
• Swapper performance increase
• Enhanced walkback generator

Communications

• IBM MQ Series SSL/TLS support and 64-bit updates
• Improved SMTP handling
• Socket fixes and enhancements

Version Control

• Git/Tonel tooling

Development Tools

• Brace array syntax
• Method type annotations

Look and Feel

• Hi-DPI fixes and enhancements
• Product branding and other visual updates

Documentation

• Lightweight/mobile-friendly documentation

Platform

• Performance improvements and corrections to object serialization framework
• String matching improvements
• Windows® binaries signed with updated Digicert code signing certificate

Graphics

• HiDPI improvements across the VAST Platform

Communications

• LDAP corrections for 64-bit
• Socket framework API fixes

Security/Cryptography

• Enhanced default keys for XTS disk encryption mode
• DSA, HKDF and RSAPSS accessor fixes (OpenSSL)

Emsrv

• Windows 64-bit API updates

Development Tools

• Code assist enhancements and fixes for improved productivity

Platform

• 64-bit object hash quality improved to further increase virtual machine performance
• Just-in-time compiler updated to better handle some rare and hard-to-duplicate edge cases

Graphics

• HiDPI improvements across the VAST Platform
• Fixes and enhancements to the Scintilla-based editor

Communications

• SMTP mail framework enhanced to support a wider range of standard and non-standard servers
• Socket framework resource usage optimizations and stability improvements

Development Tools

• 64-bit support added for stack dump snapshots

Documentation

• Updated Migration Guide

Major performance increase with all new just-in-time (JIT) compiler for 32 and 64-bit virtual machines!

Platform

• AArch64 joins the ARM family lineup*
• Major FFI performance increases
• Support for returning struct-by-value in FFI
• Transitioned to latest Clang compiler for Windows
• Updated LLVM code generator
• Walkback generator provides more useful information and pluggability
• Updated virtual machine C-interface

Base Libraries

• CSV support
• STON support
• Many APIs added for dialect portability

Graphics

• Full HiDPI support on Windows
• Scintilla editor fonts use DirectWrite (GPU-accelerated rendering) by default
• 20x speedup in PNG reading
• PNG interlaced frame handling support
• Updated look-and-feel of the Windows application icon, Environments banner, and splash screens

Unicode

• Kernel-level EsCodePageUtilities with enhanced Unicode conversion
• Seaside Unicode updates
• Grease UTF-8 enhancements
• Iconv updates for Unix
• Zip streams UTF-8 support for file names and comments

Compression

• Brotli compression streams
• ZStandard compression streams

Communications

• New IMAP client
• New SMTP client
• SASL authentication framework
• Mail examples
• SstHttpClient support for HTTP requests (PUT, DELETE...)
• Absolute/relative redirect support for SstHttpClient
• SNI support for SstHttpClient
• Seaside improvements

Security

• LibreSSL compatibility
• Probabilistic Signature Schemes (RSA-PSS)
• Server name indication support

Databases

• Native PostgreSQL driver
• PostgreSQL database abstraction layer integration
• GLORP updates

Development Tools

• Cross-development enhancements (XD)
• SstDebugger now supports reading .sdf files
• MonticelloImporter loading enhancements
• SUnit enhancements

EMSRV

• Improvements to PAM authentication

Deployment

• Dynamic packaging rules using static code analysis for warning reduction
• Significant reduction of packaging warnings on shipped apps
• Seaside packaging works out-of-the-box

VAST Environments Launcher

• Copy installations to new location
• Move Environments to a new location
• Default editor/file explorer identifier for Linux

Documentation

• Seaside headless packaging examples in server guide
• Stack dumping and remote debugging with Seaside documentation
• Updated migration guide

Research/Development and Open Source Projects

• TensorFlow machine learning for VAST (tensorflow-vast on Github)
• Git support for VAST with Tonel interchange (tonel-vast on Github)
• Git/Tonel examples (tonel-demos on Github)
• Docker examples (docker-examples on Github)
• Pigpio bindings for VAST (pigpio-vast on Github)
• Pharo to VAST porting tool (pharo2va on Github)
• Eclipse MQTT Paho client for VAST (paho-mqtt-vast on Github)

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All new, standards-based 32 & 64-bit virtual machines for Linux platforms

Platform

• 32 & 64-bit Smalltalk Images

Unicode

• Enhanced UTF-8 Handling

New Core Libraries

• Regular Expressions
• JSON
• UUID (v3, v4, v5)

Compression

• LZ4 Streams
• Zip Archive Stream (Zip64)

Communications

• LDAP

Deployment

• 32 & 64-bit Linux Packagers

Installation

• 32 & 64-bit Linux Installers

Security

• OpenSSL 1.1.1 Compatibility

GUI Look and Feel

• Enhanced Linux IDE experience

Development Tools

• Enhanced Monticello Importer

Documentation

•  64-bit Linux Updates
• Updated Migration Guide

All new, standards-based 32 and 64-bit virtual machines

Platform

• 32 & 64-bit Smalltalk Images
• Garbage Collection Enhancements

Deployment

• 32 & 64-bit Windows Packagers

Security

• Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Installation

• 32 & 64-bit Windows Installers

GUI Look and Feel

• Scintilla Version Update

Development Tools

• New Workspace Languages
• Collapsed Comment Indicators

Documentation

• Updated Migration Guide
• 64-bit Updates

Communications

• IPV6 Support

Middleware

• SQLite 3

Security

• OpenSSL 1.1 Compatibility
• Cryptographic Support

Native Interface Support Enhancements

• Long Datatype Support

Installation

• Headless Windows Installer
• Solaris PKG Installer
• Headless Importer

Updated OS Platforms

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Fedora 24
• Red Hat Enterprise 7

Documentation

• Updated Migration Guide

GUI Look-and-Feel

• New PNG Support

Base

• Inflate/deflate

Development Tools

• Multi-lingual Workspace Support
• Workspace performance optimization

Middleware

• SQLite 3
• Glorp 8.1-7
• SqlLite3/GLORP integration

Cryptographic Support

• OpenSSL 1.0.0

Web Interface

• Grease 1.2/Seaside 3.2.0
• Seaside REST
• Seaside HTTPS

Native Interface Support Enhancements

• 32/64-bit OSObject framework

Installation

• AIX RPM installers
• Documentation in separate install on AIX
• Multi-installation support in Environments

Platforms

• Windows 10
• Ubuntu 15.04
• Fedora 22
• Server 2003 no longer supported
• XP no longer supported

Documentation

• On-line version of ENVY/QA
• Updated Migration Guide

GUI Look-and-Feel

• Scintilla performance improvements
• Dead key support

Development Tools

• Many Code Assist enhancements
  • Interactive refactoring
  • Interactive Lint Checker
• EMSRV 2GB Linux file size limit removed
• Improved TabbedBrowser visual feedback
• Expanded Scintilla capability
• Monticello Importer on all platforms

Middleware

• Full SQLite3 support on all platforms
• GLORP 7.10.1-3
• Improved HostVariable Support

Web Interface

• Grease 1.1.6/Seaside 3.1.1
• SOAP 1.2
• Seaside packaging support
• Seaside-REST support

Installation

• Linux .DEB/.RPM installers
• Windows Installer Improvements
• Environments image setup tool supports environment cloning

Platforms

• Ubuntu 14.04
• Fedora Core 20

Documentation

• Rewritten/expanded Getting Started book
• Updated Migration Guide
• CwScintillaEditor examples and documentation

Infrastructure

• Full .zip/.gz support on all platforms
• Portable Color class

Development Tools

• GLORP XD feature
• Seaside XD feature
• Scintilla-based browsers (Windows only)
• Multi Undo/Redo (Windows only)
• One-Shot Breakpoints

Infrastructure

• TimeZone Support

GUI Look-and-Feel

• Scintilla Text Editor Widget (Windows only)
• DateAndTimePicker Windows CommonControl enhanced

Middleware

• GLORP currency (7.9.1-4)
• GLORP HostVar support

Platforms

• Windows 8.1
• Ubuntu 13.04, Fedora Core 19

Web Interface

• Seaside 3.0.8 / Grease 1.0.7
• SST Servlet multipart forms

Installation

• InstallShield installer on Windows compatible with UAC
• Documentation is separate install
• Integrated install, uninstall, repair on windows

Environments image setup/management tool

Platforms

• Windows 8.1
• Fedora 19
• Ubuntu 13

Development Tools

• Code Assist improvements
• IC Packaging Instructions for Seaside
• Monticello Importer tool

Infrastructure

• Time Zone Support

GUI Look-and-Feel

• Rebar Windows CommonControl improvements

Middleware

• GLORP currency 0.4.190

Platforms

• Windows 8
• Ubuntu 12

Performance and Scalability

• Faster VA Assist browser WAN performance

Support

• Documentation and FAQs searchable with Google

Development Tools

• Code Assist Improvements
• SUnit Expected Failures

Infrastructure

• Logging Framework Improvements
• Preference Settings Framework Improvements

Graphics and Windowing

• Windows Control for Date and time picking
• Full featured Windows Progress Bar

Web Interface

• Support for Seaside v3.0.6+
• Grease 1.0.6+

Platforms

• Fedora Core 16
• Ubuntu 11
• OpenSUSE 12.1

Middleware

• Glorp 0.3.182+

Performance and Scalability

• SST Lightweight Marshaling Improvements

Support

• 60+ bug fixes and minor enhancements

Development Tools

• Code Assist (auto-completion)

Infrastructure

• Logging Framework (based on log4j)
• Preference Settings Framework
• Deprecation Exception

Graphics and Windowing

• Windows Rebar Control
• TIFF CCITT T.4 bi-level encoding

Web Interface

• Support for Seaside v3.0.5+
• Grease 1.0.5+
• HTTP Chunked Transfer Encoding

Platforms

• Windows 2000 no longer supported

Support

• 60+ bug fixes and minor enhancements

Web Interface

• Support for Seaside v3.0.2
• Improved WSDL schema import diagnostic

Graphical User Interface

• Added CwMultiLineTexttPrompter

Development Tools

• NLS Application Enabler Tool
• NLS Catalog (.CAT) Editor
• Browser performance improvements

Platform Interface

• Added TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime PlatformFunction on Windows
• All Windows .EXE and .DLL files have function-specific descriptions
• Improved error diagnostics for memory allocation errors (written to log file)

VM Interfaces

• EsIsString, EsStringToCString, EsCStringToString APIs

Platforms

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Fedora Core 14

Documentation

• New VA Assist, Widget/Kit Controls, and GF/ST online documentation

Support

• 40+ bug fixes

• Support for Seaside v3.0 pre-beta1
• All Windows executables are digitally signed to enhance security and meet Windows Logo Certification requirements
• GLORP support for reading and writing objects from relational databases (level 0.3.178 + fixes)
• Further improvements to HTML documentation
• Currency with respect to operating systems and databases; support added for Ubuntu 9 (32/64-bit) and Oracle 11g (compatibility)
• Power management events supported on Windows GUI applications
• Added support for method pragmas, allowing you to annotate methods with user- defined processing information
• Ability to call Oracle functions and Execute anonymous blocks
• Instance-based exceptions are now polymorphic with class-based exceptions, providing clearer and more efficient handling of errors
• SUnit 4.0, including support for Just-in-Time Resource Management, and other enhancements, supports creating powerful Smalltalk unit tests

• Support for Seaside 3.0 alpha5
• Continued web services enhancements
• Additional enhancements for tabbed browsers
• Support for Windows 7 (32/64 bit)
• Support for cdecl calling convention on Windows
• Improved error diagnostics for memory allocation
• Enhanced SST resource management for faster execution using less memory

• Seaside 2.9 alpha3
• Enhanced browsers and inspectors
• Extensions to web services
• Upgraded online documentation

• Support Smalltalk on 64-bit systems
  (Windows Vista, Linux & Ubuntu)
• Support Solaris 10
• Transcript Help menu update
• Modifiable splash screen

• Configuration Map Browser enhancements
• Quick form support for DateAndTime

Tools and frameworks shipped with the product:

• • ENVY QA
  • Refactoring Browser
  • SUnit framework and browser
  • Mastering ENVY Developer tools
    
    
• Support for Windows Vista (32-bit)
• Support for SuSE Linux Enterprise 10
• Upgrade Oracle support to v10s

• Support for Red Hat Linux 4.3

[ Initial offering from Instantiations ]

• Integrated VA Assist to modernize VAST IDE
• Included WidgetKit/Controls to allow customers to build more sophisticated UIs
• Include GF/ST as a "goodie" to allow customers to build more sophisticated UIs