Inform version history

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The history of releases of the Inform programming language for interactive fiction dates back to 1993. The Inform 6 compiler and Library have always been separately maintained and released.

Original
Inform
Compiler
Version

Library
Release		 Inform 7
System
Version

Date

Reference

Notes
1 May 9, 1993 [1] Simultaneous release of Curses.
2 June 9, 1993 [2]
3 November 1993 [2]
4 January 1994 [2]
5 June 1994 [2]
5.5 June 1995 Last of the pre-Inform 6 releases.
6 6/1 April 29, 1996 [3] beta release. Inform is rewritten from scratch.
6.02 May 5, 1996 [4] beta release
6.03 May 13, 1996 [5] beta release
6.04 6/2 September 1996 [2][6]
6.05 September 1996 [7]
6.10 6/3 December 18, 1996 [8]
6.11 6/4 January 28, 1997 [9]
6.12 March 26, 1997 [10]
6.13 6/5 April 5, 1997 [11][12]
6/6 August 18, 1997 [13]
6/6 August 19, 1997 [14] Rerelease with tracing code removed
6/7 September 1997 [6]
6.14 September 8, 1997 [15]
6.15 March 23, 1998 [16]
6.20 December 1996 [7]
6/8 December 13, 1998 [17]
6.21 6/9 April 29, 1999 [18]
April 29, 1999 [19] Announcement of upcoming Glulx support
6/10 November 6, 1999 [20] Original release
6/10 November 13, 1999 [21] Bugfix release
6.21.1 November 24, 2000
6.21.2 August 15, 2000
6.21.3 November 6, 2002 Included support for Glulx
6.21.4 June 17, 2003
6.30 6/11 February 4, 2004 [22]
6.30.1 February 27, 2004
6.30.2 June 6, 2004
6.31 February 10, 2006 [23]
6/10N 3K27 April 30, 2006 [24][25] Public beta
3K56 May 4, 2006 [25]
3L95 May 14, 2006 [25]
3M43 May 21, 2006 [25]
3P53 June 9, 2006 [25]
3R85 June 26, 2006 [25]
3T38 July 10, 2006 [25]
6/11N 3V01 August 2, 2006 [25] Preliminary Glulx support for Inform 7
3Z95 September 14, 2006 [25]
4B91 November 10, 2006 [25]
4F59 December 21, 2006 [25]
4K40 January 23, 2007 [25]
4K41 January 23, 2007 [25] Bugfix for Mac OS X on G4 and G5 processors
4S08 March 25, 2007 [25] Fixed many bugs, incorporates ideas from external consultation, and adds preliminary Linux support
4U65 April 27, 2007 [25]
4U67 May 7, 2007 [25] Mac OS X only release
4W37 July 27, 2007 [25]
4X60 August 24, 2007 [25]
5G67 November 10, 2007 [25] First release with an official GUI for Linux
5J39 December 1, 2007 [25]
5T18 April 30, 2008 [25]
5U92 September 10, 2008 [25]
5Z71 April 18, 2009 [26]
6E59 June 12, 2010 [26]
6E72 July 1, 2010 [26]
6F95 October 25, 2010 [26]
6.32 November 20, 2010 [27]
6G60 December 23, 2010 [26]
6/11.1 25 July, 2012 [28]
6L02 4 May, 2014 [26]
6.33 May 10, 2014 [29]
6L38 30 August, 2014 [26]
6/12 19 December, 2015 [28]
6M62 24 December, 2015 [26]
6/12.1 7 June, 2016 [28]
6/12.2 11 June, 2018 [28]

The "N" series libraries are modified versions of the regular Inform 6 libraries with special support for Inform 7. The first modified version, 6/10N, was actually based on parts of 6/9 as well as 6/10. The goal is to eventually merge the "N" series into the main series, producing one library that can be used with both Inform 6 and Inform 7, compiling to both Z-code and Glulx.

Notes

  1. ↑ Graham Nelson (May 9, 1993). "Announcement: INFORM Announcing "Inform", an Infocom-format compiler: ================================================". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1993May9.182053.25691@infodev.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Firth, Roger. "When did Inform appear?". Inform 6: Frequently Asked Questions. http://www.firthworks.com/roger/informfaq/ss.html#8. 
  3. ↑ Graham Nelson (April 29, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996Apr29.085915@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  4. ↑ Graham Nelson (May 5, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6.02". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996May5.174649@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  5. ↑ Graham Nelson (May 13, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6.03". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996May13.115848@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/library/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXinfocomXcompilersXinform6XlibraryXold.html. Retrieved July 3, 2007. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXinfocomXcompilersXinform6XsourceXold.html. Retrieved July 3, 2007. 
  8. ↑ "Announcing Inform 6.10 and Library 6/3". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/960cb1ecbcc9c046?hl=en&. 
  9. ↑ "New releases: Inform 6.11, Library 6/4". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/4699ac44e682e4c3?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  10. ↑ "Inform 6.12 source released". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/7b30d2d916585562?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  11. ↑ "A patch release of Inform 6.13". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/56f63731fa0fc7c8?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  12. ↑ "Inform library 6/5 released". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/58c0075a57ed88f4?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  13. ↑ "Inform library 6/6 released". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/b5bed20459b58b01?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  14. ↑ "Inform library 6/6 corrected". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/d6e4b33a634ce18f?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  15. ↑ "Inform 6.14 released". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/71317f717c60d964?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  16. ↑ "Inform 6.15 released". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/be9253387cf4c98f?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  17. ↑ "Inform library 6/8 released". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/9d8b0fc6ef8c0108?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  18. ↑ "Inform 6.21, library 6/9 and Infix". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/1c4cfd3490c3ec66?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  19. ↑ "Inform and Glulx: Announcement". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/9ffa93cdad77650b?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  20. ↑ "Inform library 6/10 now out". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/3515f9e92814053b?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  21. ↑ "Revised Inform library 6/10". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/44b0c071a6fde22d?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  22. ↑ Inform – Welcome – Software
  23. ↑ Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source
  24. ↑ "Inform 7: Public Beta". https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/msg/17791dfefeec46e0?dmode=source&hl=en. 
  25. ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 25.19 25.20 25.21 "Change log for Inform 7". Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090222225903/http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7Downloads/ChangeLog.txt. Retrieved January 24, 2009. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 "Change History for Inform 7". http://inform7.com/learn/changes/. Retrieved June 5, 2017. 
  27. ↑ "Commits · DavidKinder/Inform6". https://github.com/DavidKinder/Inform6/commits/v6.32. 
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 "Inform 6 Library tags". https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/inform6lib/tags. Retrieved February 10, 2019. 
  29. ↑ "Commits · DavidKinder/Inform6". https://github.com/DavidKinder/Inform6/commits/v6.33. 




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