DAVIS, Calif., Jan 21, 2003 - SoftIntegration, Inc. today announced the availability of Ch 3.5, the newest version of C/C++ interpreter for cross platform scripting, 2D/3D plotting, shell programming and numerical computing.

Ch 3.5 continues SoftIntegration's leadership in scripting, 2D/3D plotting and numerical computing. Major product enhancements include command line editing in Ch shell and more advanced scripting features for shell programming and numerical computing.

"SoftIntegration Ch provides an unmatched level of power and flexibility in powerful C/C++ scripting," said Dr. Dawn Cheng, General Manager at SoftIntegration. "We are delivering the most robust and feature-packed scripting technology."

C/C++ interpreter

Ch supports 1990 ISO C Standard (C90), major features in C99, classes in C++. Ch also supports many Industry standard and third party software packages with over 8,000 functions including POSIX, X11/Motif, OpenGL, ODBC, XML, GTK+, Win32, CGI, socket/Winsock, Intel OpenCV and National Instrument's Data Acquisition toolkit NI-DAQ.

Ch is also a very effective interactive environment for teaching and learning programming in C/C++ with new features in the latest C99 standard.

Shell programming and cross-platform scripting

Ch shell is C compatible shell while C-shell (csh) is a C like shell. Ch is an interpretive implementation of C, similar to Unix/MS-DOS shells. Ch in Windows includes over 100 commonly-used Unix commands for portable shell programming. Ch can also be used as a login shell just like sh, csh and ksh. Ch bridges the gap between the C language and shell languages. With its built-in string type and many enhanced scripting features, Ch is an alternative to other scripting languages for automating repetitive tasks, regression test, and hardware testing.

2D/3D plotting and numerical computing

Ch supports 2D/3D graphical plotting, C LAPACK, high level numeric functions.
Ch has built-in 2D/3D plotting support, generic mathematic functions and computational arrays for linear algebra and matrix computations, and advanced high-level numerical functions for linear systems, differential equation solving, integration, non-linear equations, Fourier analysis, curve fitting, etc. For example, linear system equation b = A*x can be written verbatim in Ch.

Its numerical extensions to C makes Ch the best choice for numerical computing in C/C++ domain. With SoftIntegration graphical library (SIGL), the same program using 2D/3D plotting features can be executed in Ch or compiled using C++ compilers without any modification.

Embeddable scripting

Ch 3.5 is optimized for embedded scripting. Embedded Ch allows users to embed or plugin Ch into other C/C++ application programs and hardware. It is ideal for open-architecture application integration. With Embedded Ch, C/C++ applications can be extended with all features of Ch. Embedded Ch has a small footprint. The pointer and time deterministic nature of the C language provides a perfect interface with hardware in real-time systems.

Pricing and Availability

Ch for Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and HP-UX is available. Ch Standard Edition version 3.5 for Unix, Linux and Mac OS X is now free for personal, academic and commercial use. Ch Standard Edition 3.5 for Windows costs $99. Ch Professional Edition costs $999. The academic and volume discount are available.

About SoftIntegration, Inc.

SoftIntegration, Inc., founded in 1999, is the leader of scripting technology for ubiquitous computing. SoftIntegration provides infrastructure software and services for rapid application development and deployment, scientific numerical computing, embedded scripting, and Web-based software integration. Our flagship product -- Ch® is an embeddable C/C++ interpreter. It is the solution for engineers and scientists, Web programmers, software developers, C/C++ beginners and experts, system administrators, real-time programmers, quality analysts, and instructors and professors.

Contact:

    SoftIntegration, Inc.
    216 F Street, #68
    Davis, CA 95616
    tel (530) 297-7398 
    fax (530) 297-7392
    info@softintegration.com
    http://www.softintegration.com

Ch and SoftIntegration are registered trademarks of SoftIntegration, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Unix is a trademark of Novell, Inc. HP-UX is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Co. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Mac is a trademark of Apple, Inc.