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 | Simultaneous release of Curses. | |||
| 2 | June 9, 1993 | ||||
| 3 | November 1993 | ||||
| 4 | January 1994 | ||||
| 5 | June 1994 | ||||
| 5.5 | June 1995 | Last of the pre-Inform 6 releases. | |||
| 6 | 6/1 | April 29, 1996 | beta release. Inform is rewritten from scratch. | ||
| 6.02 | May 5, 1996 | beta release | |||
| 6.03 | May 13, 1996 | beta release | |||
| 6.04 | 6/2 | September 1996 | |||
| 6.05 | September 1996 | ||||
| 6.10 | 6/3 | December 18, 1996 | |||
| 6.11 | 6/4 | January 28, 1997 | |||
| 6.12 | March 26, 1997 | ||||
| 6.13 | 6/5 | April 5, 1997 | |||
| 6/6 | August 18, 1997 | ||||
| 6/6 | August 19, 1997 | Rerelease with tracing code removed | |||
| 6/7 | September 1997 | ||||
| 6.14 | September 8, 1997 | ||||
| 6.15 | March 23, 1998 | ||||
| 6.20 | December 1996 | ||||
| 6/8 | December 13, 1998 | ||||
| 6.21 | 6/9 | April 29, 1999 | |||
| April 29, 1999 | Announcement of upcoming Glulx support | ||||
| 6/10 | November 6, 1999 | Original release | |||
| 6/10 | November 13, 1999 | 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 | |||
| 6.30.1 | February 27, 2004 | ||||
| 6.30.2 | June 6, 2004 | ||||
| 6.31 | February 10, 2006 | ||||
| 6/10N | 3K27 | April 30, 2006 | Public beta | ||
| 3K56 | May 4, 2006 | ||||
| 3L95 | May 14, 2006 | ||||
| 3M43 | May 21, 2006 | ||||
| 3P53 | June 9, 2006 | ||||
| 3R85 | June 26, 2006 | ||||
| 3T38 | July 10, 2006 | ||||
| 6/11N | 3V01 | August 2, 2006 | Preliminary Glulx support for Inform 7 | ||
| 3Z95 | September 14, 2006 | ||||
| 4B91 | November 10, 2006 | ||||
| 4F59 | December 21, 2006 | ||||
| 4K40 | January 23, 2007 | ||||
| 4K41 | January 23, 2007 | Bugfix for Mac OS X on G4 and G5 processors | |||
| 4S08 | March 25, 2007 | Fixed many bugs, incorporates ideas from external consultation, and adds preliminary Linux support | |||
| 4U65 | April 27, 2007 | ||||
| 4U67 | May 7, 2007 | Mac OS X only release | |||
| 4W37 | July 27, 2007 | ||||
| 4X60 | August 24, 2007 | ||||
| 5G67 | November 10, 2007 | First release with an official GUI for Linux | |||
| 5J39 | December 1, 2007 | ||||
| 5T18 | April 30, 2008 | ||||
| 5U92 | September 10, 2008 | ||||
| 5Z71 | April 18, 2009 | ||||
| 6E59 | June 12, 2010 | ||||
| 6E72 | July 1, 2010 | ||||
| 6F95 | October 25, 2010 | ||||
| 6G60 | December 23, 2010 |
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.
Famous quotes containing the words inform, version and/or history:
“A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
“Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 5:15.
See Exodus 22:8 for a different version of this fourth commandment.
“Don’t give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can’t express them. Don’t analyse yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)