Nova Runtime Version History
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v0.4    Release Date: 26/11/2007
        Member access specifiers.
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 - Added member access specifiers (public, private, protected).
 - Version information added to the Windows binaries.



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v0.3.1  Release Date: 19/10/2007
        Windows Vista compatibility updates.
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 - Updated to be fully compatible with Windows Vista.
 - Improvements to the runtime binaries by utilizing dynamic linking.
 - Improvements to the install system.



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v0.3    Release Date: 03/08/2007
        External library module interface.
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 - External library module interface.
 - Re-structuring of source code for future platform independence.
 - Synchronization / timing improvements to the Mozilla / Firefox plugin.
 - Minor improvements to the installer.



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v0.2.1  Release Date: 29/07/2006
        Various updates.
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 - Minimal, proof of concept Direct3D9 bindings.
 - Preliminary struct functionality (only supporting primitive types).
 - "typeof" operator.
 - "type" primitives.
 - Firefox / Mozilla plugin improvements.
 - Many other minor updates and improvements...



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v0.2    Release Date: 11/12/2005
        Second public release.
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 - Firefox / Mozilla / Netscape plugin.
 - Full internal Unicode support.
 - Garbage collection enhancements.
 - Nullsoft installer.
 - OpenGL spheres applet with motion blur effect.
 - Matrix calculation classes.



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v0.1.2  Milestone Date: 01/06/2005
        Introduction of primitive data types.
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 - primitive data types:
    - bool
    - byte
    - char
    - double
    - float
    - int
    - long
    - method (for method reference types)
    - sbyte
    - short
    - uint
    - ulong
    - ushort
 - Multiple OpenGL applets on a single web page with efficient CPU/GPU performance.



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v0.1.1  Milestone Date: 01/06/2004
        Foundation work.
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 - Designed and implemented a fully working Nova bytecode instruction set.
 - Multidimensional arrays.
 - Method references (static and instance).
 - Cpw OpenGL framework library bindings.
 - break and continue keywords.
 - Recursive type matching.
 - New types and operators.
 - 64-bit types (Long and ULong).
 - NFC library (Nova Foundation Classes).
 - Inheritance.
 - virtual keyword.
 - Virtual functions and polymorphism.
 - Nova Applets.
 - Nova ActiveX control (NovaCtl).
 - Basic multithreading capability.
 - Dual interfaces for Nova applets and applications.
 - OpenGL teapot example.
 - OpenGL colour-cube example.
 - Many other optimisations and improvements...



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v0.1  Start Date: 27/04/2002
      Release Date: 01/06/2003
      First public release.
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First public release of the Nova Runtime.  Consisting of the
following implemented features:

 - arrays (single dimension)
 - attributes
 - bindings (partial):
    - Math
    - OpenGL
    - SDL
 - classes (inbuilt):
    - Boolean
    - Character
    - Double
    - Float
    - Integer
    - Object
    - Stream
    - String
    - UInteger
 - comments:
    - block
    - line
 - declarations
 - garbage collection
 - keywords:
    - class
    - do
    - else
    - for
    - if
    - new
    - null
    - return
    - static
    - this
    - while
 - literals:
    - Boolean
    - Character
    - Double
    - Float
    - Integer
    - String
    - UInteger
 - loops:
    - do-while
    - for
    - while
 - methods
 - operators
 - operator overloading (partial)