CrissCross v0.7.2 Released (October 19, 2008)

We have released a fairly major update to the CrissCross library. This update provides feature additions and removals, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

The full changelog for version 0.7.2 is as follows:

• Old (and buggy) build system removed in favor of CMake.
• Changed source control to Git from Subversion.
• Fixed a few memory leaks in CPUID.
• Added support for DEC Alpha and Sun SPARC.
• Documentation is now more verbose and has been clarified in some areas.
• Added an optional preprocessor definition "DISABLE_DEPRECATED_CODE" to disable MD2, slow sorts, etc.
• CPUID test application now reports any oddities (such as: the processor is multicore but only 1 virtual processor was detected).
• Added 'flushArray' and 'flush' to DArray to allow for simpler deletion of contained data.
• Stopwatch::Clocks() removed because it was too platform-specific and only Windows seemed to have decent support.
• HashTable is now usable and is no longer considered experimental.
• A major AVLTree::findRecursive() bug (in which the result might not actually be found) has been corrected.
• A major RedBlackTree::findRecursive() bug (in which the result might not actually be found) has been corrected.
• A major SplayTree::findRecursive() bug (in which the result might not actually be found) has been corrected.
• Test suite is now a bit more zealous about checking everything.

ARC++ Developer Blog (April 16, 2008)

We're doing a complete rewrite of OpenARC in C++ and relicensing it as a closed source, but still freeware application. Since the C++ version of OpenARC is not open source, the name 'OpenARC' is no longer suitable. We've decided to call the new project ARC++, to denote that this is an improvement upon the original game (the two plusses appended at the end can indicate a successor, as C++ is to C), as well as to emphasize that the project is written in C++.

You can view the developer blog here. It will be updated on a regular basis, and will serve as a log to cover the development process for ARC++ as well as entail the challenges faced in development and the solutions we've used. The page will also be the place for announcements regarding betas and public test builds. Stay tuned!