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Scheme Untergrund Networking Library Release Notes Scheme Untergrund Networking Library Release Notes
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We are pleased to release SUnet version 2.0. We are pleased to release SUnet version 2.1.
SUnet runs under scsh 0.6.4. It is possible, but unlikely that it SUnet runs under scsh 0.6.4. It is possible, but unlikely that it
runs under earlier versions of scsh. runs under earlier versions of scsh. We recommend using version 0.6.6
for simple installation using the new packaging proposal. See file
INSTALL for more details.
While SUnet 2.0 is a direct descendant of Olin Shiver's original SUnet The major addition of this release are SUrflets by Andreas
package, we have overhauled almost every single API in the system, and Bernauer. SUrflets are server-side scripts for the web-server written
added many new components. Thefore, it would be useless to list the in Scheme. Based on the idea of Christian Queinnec, SUrflets employ
details of all the changes---if you have code relying on the SUnet 1.0 first-class continuations to overcome the lack of state in the HTTP
API, you'll almost certainly have to change it. We provide extensive protocol and thereby ease the writing of web applications
documentation to help you with that task. Moreover, we have tried to dramatically. SUrflets represent XHTML using Oleg Kiselyov's SSAX
produce robust APIs and thus hope that future releases will be able to package, which makes it possible to build on the full power of
preserve them as much as possible. s-expressions for generating XHTML.
This release also fixes a number of bugs in various parts of the
library.
Relay, hack, and enjoy! Relay, hack, and enjoy!