Inform version history

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
1May 9, 1993[1]Simultaneous release of Curses.
2June 9, 1993[2]
3November 1993[2]
4January 1994[2]
5June 1994[2]
5.5June 1995Last of the pre-Inform 6 releases.
66/1April 29, 1996[3]beta release. Inform is rewritten from scratch.
6.02May 5, 1996[4]beta release
6.03May 13, 1996[5]beta release
6.046/2September 1996[2][6]
6.05September 1996[7]
6.106/3December 18, 1996[8]
6.116/4January 28, 1997[9]
6.12March 26, 1997[10]
6.136/5April 5, 1997[11][12]
6/6August 18, 1997[13]
6/6August 19, 1997[14]Rerelease with tracing code removed
6/7September 1997[6]
6.14September 8, 1997[15]
6.15March 23, 1998[16]
6.20December 1996[7]
6/8December 13, 1998[17]
6.216/9April 29, 1999[18]
April 29, 1999[19]Announcement of upcoming Glulx support
6/10November 6, 1999[20]Original release
6/10November 13, 1999[21]Bugfix release
6.21.1November 24, 2000
6.21.2August 15, 2000
6.21.3November 6, 2002Included support for Glulx
6.21.4June 17, 2003
6.306/11February 4, 2004[22]
6.30.1February 27, 2004
6.30.2June 6, 2004
6.31February 10, 2006[23]
6/10N3K27April 30, 2006[24][25]Public beta
3K56May 4, 2006[25]
3L95May 14, 2006[25]
3M43May 21, 2006[25]
3P53June 9, 2006[25]
3R85June 26, 2006[25]
3T38July 10, 2006[25]
6/11N3V01August 2, 2006[25]Preliminary Glulx support for Inform 7
3Z95September 14, 2006[25]
4B91November 10, 2006[25]
4F59December 21, 2006[25]
4K40January 23, 2007[25]
4K41January 23, 2007[25]Bugfix for Mac OS X on G4 and G5 processors
4S08March 25, 2007[25]Fixed many bugs, incorporates ideas from external consultation, and adds preliminary Linux support
4U65April 27, 2007[25]
4U67May 7, 2007[25]Mac OS X only release
4W37July 27, 2007[25]
4X60August 24, 2007[25]
5G67November 10, 2007[25]First release with an official GUI for Linux
5J39December 1, 2007[25]
5T18April 30, 2008[25]
5U92September 10, 2008[25]
5Z71April 18, 2009[26]
6E59June 12, 2010[26]
6E72July 1, 2010[26]
6F95October 25, 2010[26]
6G60December 23, 2010[26]
6L024 May, 2014[26]
6L3830 August, 2014[26]
6M6224 December, 2015[26]

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Graham Nelson (May 9, 1993). "Announcement: INFORM Announcing "Inform", an Infocom-format compiler: ================================================". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1993May9.182053.25691@infodev.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Firth, Roger. "When did Inform appear?". Inform 6: Frequently Asked Questions.
  3. ↑ Graham Nelson (April 29, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996Apr29.085915@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  4. ↑ Graham Nelson (May 5, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6.02". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996May5.174649@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  5. ↑ Graham Nelson (May 13, 1996). "Announcing Inform 6.03". Newsgroup: rec.arts.int-fiction. Usenet: 1996May13.115848@oxvaxd. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  6. 1 2 "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/library/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  7. 1 2 "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
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  22. ↑ Inform – Welcome – Software
  23. ↑ Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source
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  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Change log for Inform 7". Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Change History for Inform 7". Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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