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]
6.32November 20, 2010[27]
6G60December 23, 2010[26]
6/11.125 July, 2012[28]
6L024 May, 2014[26]
6.33May 10, 2014[29]
6L3830 August, 2014[26]
6/1219 December, 2015[28]
6M6224 December, 2015[26]
6/12.17 June, 2016[28]
6/12.211 June, 2018[28]

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. 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. "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/library/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  7. "Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/old". The Interactive Fiction Archive. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
  22. Inform – Welcome – Software
  23. Index: if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source
  25. "Change log for Inform 7". Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  26. "Change History for Inform 7". Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  28. "Inform 6 Library tags". Retrieved February 10, 2019.
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