On behalf of the developers of ABCL (Armed Bear Common Lisp) I'm glad to be able to announce the 0.18.0 release.

ABCL is a Common Lisp implementation implemented in Java and running on the JVM, featuring both an interpreter and a compiler. The compiler targets the JVM directly meaning that its output is runnable JVM bytecode. The fact that ABCL is written in Java allows for relatively easy embedding in larger applications. For integration with existing applications ABCL implements Java Specification Request (JSR) 223: Java scripting API.

This release features - among lots of other things - faster initial startup, faster special variable lookup and portable fasl files. You can find the full release notes at:

http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/release-notes-0.17.shtml

and the list of changes at:

http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/browser/trunk/abcl/CHANGES

If you have questions regarding use or licensing, or you find issues, please report back to the development list:

armedbear-devel at common-lisp dot net

Source distribution archives can be downloaded in ZIP or gzipped tar form:

http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-src-0.18.0.tar.gz http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-src-0.18.0.zip

Signatures are available under: http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-src-0.18.0.tar.gz.asc http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-src-0.18.0.zip.asc

In addition, binaries are also available:

http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-bin-0.18.0.tar.gz http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-bin-0.18.0.zip

With associated signatures: http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-bin-0.18.0.tar.gz.asc http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/releases/abcl-bin-0.18.0.zip.asc