DAVIS, Calif., August 26, 2003 - SoftIntegration, Inc. today announced the availability of Ch 4.0, the newest version of C/C++ interpreter for cross-platform scripting, 2D/3D plotting, numerical computing, shell programming and embedded scripting.

Ch 4.0 continues SoftIntegration's leadership in scripting, 2D/3D plotting and numerical computing. Major product enhancements include shell programming, computational array for numerical computing and bug fixes.

"SoftIntegration Ch provides an unmatched level of power and flexibility in powerful C/C++ scripting. We are delivering the most robust and feature-packed scripting technology," said Dr. Dawn Cheng, President at SoftIntegration. "Ch is also a very effective interactive environment for teaching and learning programming in C99, the latest C standard, and C++."

C/C++ interpreter

Ch supports 1999 ISO C Standard (C99), C++ classes. Ch also supports many industry standards with over 8,000 functions including POSIX, socket/Winsock, X11/Motif, OpenGL, ODBC, C LAPACK, GTK+, Win32, and CGI. Functions in static or dynamical binary C/C++ libraries can be executed interpretively in scripting without re-compilation using Ch SDK.

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 with direct interface to hardware.

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 mathematical 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.

Ch is ideal for rapid application development and deployment. For example, a Control System Toolkit for design and analysis of linear time-invariant control systems developed in Ch is available.

Embeddable scripting

Ch 4.0 is optimized for embedded scripting. Embedded Ch allows users to embed 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. It allows execution of C/C++ scripts generated dynamically on-line. 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.

Ch toolkits and third party software support

Ch supports an increasing number of third party software applications. It includes Ch Control toolkit, Ch NAG Statistics Package, Ch CGI toolkit, Ch ODBC toolkit, Intel OpenCV for computer vision and image processing, National Instruments' data acquisition toolkit NI-DAQ and motion control toolkit NI-Motion, Barret Technology's Barret Hand robotic manipulator control, and Perl Compatible Regular Expressions.

Pricing and Availability

Ch for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and HP-UX is available. Ch Standard Edition is now free for both commercial and non-commercial uses in all platforms. Ch Professional Edition is free for academic use and costs $399 for personal or commercial use.

About SoftIntegration, Inc.

SoftIntegration, Inc., 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
    [email protected]
    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.