source: git/doc/NEWS.texi @ 5782e2d

@comment -*-texinfo-*-
@comment this file contains the News about Singular versions
@comment Unix
@ifclear VERSION
@include version.texi
@end ifclear

@majorheading NEWS in SINGULAR @value{VERSION}

@ifclear singularmanual
@macro nref{what}
\what\
@end macro
@end ifclear

@ifset singularmanual
@macro nref{what}
@ref{\what\}
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@end ifset

@heading News for version @value{VERSION}

The version 4-0-0 is the first in the new
release series version 4-0.

@sc{Singular} version 4 has a greater functionality and an improved architecture.
Major new features are:
@itemize
@item
@nref{Dynamic modules}
@item
non-commutative extension @nref{Non-commutative subsystem}
@item
name spaces (@nref{package})
@end itemize
Besides theses internal changes, @sc{Singular} version 4 offers many new
features and functionalities (which were partly already incorporated in
the 3-1-6 pre-release series).

@heading Porting

@itemize @bullet
@item @sc{Singular} is available for ix86-Linux,
SunOS-5, ix86-Win (runs on Windows),
FreeBSD, Mac OS X, x86_64-Linux (AMD64/Opteron/EM64T),
IA64-Linux
@end itemize