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SWIG History
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<p>
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<img src="images/history.png" alt="History">
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<p>
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Just the facts:
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<ul>
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<li>July, 1995. SWIG developed in the Theoretical Physics Division at Los Alamos National
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Laboratory as an extension building tool for a lame customized scripting language
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that had been created for the Connection Machine 5.
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<li>January, 1996. SWIG rewritten in C++ at the University of Utah and expanded to cover
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Tcl, Perl, and Guile.
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<li>February, 1996. First alpha release.
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<li>September, 1996. Version 1.0 released. Support for Python added.
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<li>September, 1997. Version 1.1 released with a variety of improvements.
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<li>February, 1998. SWIG1.1p5 released.
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<li>1997-1999. Various attempts are made to create SWIG2.0 without much success.
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Mostly this is due to annoying distractions such as writing dissertations, searching for jobs, and
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so forth.
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<li>July, 1998. SWIG development moves to the University of Chicago.
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<li>January 1, 2000. Dave survives his most pleasant Y2K flight to Chicago O'Hare.
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<li>February, 2000. SWIG1.3 alpha released.
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</ul>
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<p>
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Currently SWIG is being rewritten in ANSI C and reorganized in an
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attempt to simplify the construction of language modules and to
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improve the quality of the code that is generated. As this is only a part-time project for
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just about everyone involved, this work will be completed when it is completed (i.e., don't
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hold your breath).
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