Release / Change Notes:

Slate-0.1:

- An initial named release of Slate, with an included documented build
  procedure for producing stand-alone executables (and loadable binary
  libraries out of Slate sources).
- Slate's implementation is still based upon Common Lisp, although it
  performs some compilation, so has acceptable performance for basic
  testing and evaluation.
- The current libraries include file access, extensive collection and stream
  support, and many other basic libraries.
- There is no support yet for concurrency or system event-handling.
- The manual covers all language features and issues in sufficient detail now
  for beginners to grasp, and covers all libraries which are not subject
  to design changes.
- The graphics / interface architecture is included in outline form, but is
  not yet functional.
- The bootstrap process is incomplete, but in a presentable state so that
  you can see the intended run-time architecture and optimizations.