Dyalog Version 15.0
Supported platforms / operating systems
Dyalog v15.0 is supported on the following platforms/operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows:
- Windows Vista (Windows Server 2008) onwards
- IBM AIX:
- AIX 6.1 onwards with a POWER5 chip or higher
- Linux x86/x86_64 – the following distributions (distributions built on top of these will also work):
- RHEL6/CentOS6 onwards
- Debian 7 onwards
- Ubuntu 14.04 onwards
- OpenSUSE 13.1 onwards
- macOS (Mac must have been introduced in 2010 or later):
- macOS X Yosemite onwards
- Raspberry Pi:
- 32-bit Raspbian Wheezy or later, (ARMhf) hardware floating-point support is required)
Visit the Documentation Centre for Dyalog v15.0
Dyalog v15.0 includes another batch of significant user experience improvements.
Performance Improvements
Dyalog v15.0 is not only packed with features to make you more productive – it also has significant performance improvements:
- Our internal benchmarks show an average improvement for core interpreter performance of 20-25%.
- Arrays can be marked as “hashed”, allowing set functions like ⍳ and ∊ to work much faster.
- A fast case conversion utility has been added.
- The optimised byte code execution engine now handles more than 80% of the source code in our benchmark application.
Easier to Acquire and Install
In response to growing interest in array languages for high performance applications, we are making it easier to get started with Dyalog, for researchers and entrepreneurs alike. We are also making it easier to install the product in corporate or other restricted environments:
- Free licences for personal/non-commercial use
- Installation on Microsoft Windows no longer requires Administrator Privileges.
Easier to Use on Multiple Platforms
One of the most important destinations on our road map is to put Dyalog on more platforms and to make the same development and application building tools available on all platforms. Dyalog v15.0 represents a major milestone on this path:
- New system functions ⎕MKDIR, ⎕NDELETE, ⎕NEXISTS, ⎕NINFO, and ⎕NPARTS for listing and manipulating files and folders on all platforms.
- New system functions ⎕NGET and ⎕NPUT for reading and writing text files on all platforms
- Version 3.0 of the cross-platform Remote Integrated Development Environment (RIDE) accompanies Dyalog v15.0, with many new features.
APL Source in Unicode Text Files
For a number of years, Dyalog has been promoting the use of Unicode text files as a storage mechanism for APL source code, allowing the use of industry-standard source code and project management systems with APL. From Dyalog v15.0, this mode of operation is directly supported by the interpreter and no longer requires the use of the SALT tool:
- Integrated support in the interpreter and development environment for loading and editing APL souce code held in text files, as an alternative to using binary workspaces.
- Preview APL source directly from Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office, or any application that supports Windows Shell Integration.
Improved Look and Feel
- The RIDE will very shortly become the standard IDE for x86/x64 Linux and the Raspberry Pi.
- On Microsoft Windows, Native Look and Feel is enabled by default (but can still be switched off).
- A new icon for Dyalog!
Visit the Documentation Centre for Dyalog v15.0
