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
- ↑ Graham Nelson (May 9, 1993). "Announcement: INFORM Announcing "Inform", an Infocom-format compiler: ================================================". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: [email protected]. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Firth, Roger. "When did Inform appear?". Inform 6: Frequently Asked Questions. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ↑ Graham Nelson (April 29, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996Apr29.085915@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ↑ Graham Nelson (May 5, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6.02". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996May5.174649@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ↑ Graham Nelson (May 13, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6.03". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996May13.115848@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/library/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- ↑ "Announcing Inform 6.10 and Library 6/3".
- ↑ "New releases: Inform 6.11, Library 6/4".
- ↑ "Inform 6.12 source released".
- ↑ "A patch release of Inform 6.13".
- ↑ "Inform library 6/5 released".
- ↑ "Inform library 6/6 released".
- ↑ "Inform library 6/6 corrected".
- ↑ "Inform 6.14 released".
- ↑ "Inform 6.15 released".
- ↑ "Inform library 6/8 released".
- ↑ "Inform 6.21, library 6/9 and Infix".
- ↑ "Inform and Glulx: Announcement".
- ↑ "Inform library 6/10 now out".
- ↑ "Revised Inform library 6/10".
- ↑ Inform – Welcome – Software
- ↑ Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source
- ↑ "Inform 7: Public Beta".
- ↑ 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. Retrieved January 24, 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 "Change History for Inform 7". Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Commits · DavidKinder/Inform6". GitHub.
- ↑ "Commits · DavidKinder/Inform6". GitHub.
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