Agena

5.6.2 Nashville, September 22, 2025 - `strings.random` in all its modes, Base64, ASCII and free form, has become 15 times faster. - `math.random`, when computing a random _integer_ now uses a simple generic XOR-based 32-bit unsigned integer random number generator when given any third argument. There is no increase in speed, however. - `os.tmpdir` now uses a fully portable version of the underlying C function mkdtemp(). Thus, the Agena version `os.tmpdir` for Solaris could be removed as it now uses the C version, too. The function also no longer tampers with templates starting with two or more slashes or backslashes. - New `os.gethreadid returns the platform-specific unique ID of the thread Agena is running in, plus the POSIX Thread ID. - New `os.getthreadseed` generates an unsigned 32-bit integer seed XORing the platform specific thread ID and the current time in seconds. - `os.iscyrix`, `os.isamd`, `os.isintel`, `os.isnexgen`, `os.isnsc`, `os.isvia` have been deprecated. Use the new function `os.vendor` which returns a table with various manufacturer identifications, and which can now also check for CPUs manufactured or designed by: Centaur Technology, Transmeta Corporation, x86 M6 Tine (NexGen), Rise Technology, Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Vortex86 (Rise Technology/DM&P Electronics). Example: > os.vendor(): [amd ~ false, centaur ~ false, cyrix ~ false, intel ~ true, nexgen ~ false, nsc ~ false, rise ~ false, sis ~ false, tmx86 ~ false, transmeta ~ false, umc ~ false, via ~ false, vortex ~ false] Aliases have been provided to ensure backward compatibility, so you do not need to change your code for the time being. - `os.uptime` now works in DOS, as well. - `os.cpuinfo` returns the number of CPU cycles per microsecond with the new 'cyclesperusec' field (Intel-compatible CPUs only). The function now fills the 'frequency' field in OS/2 and DOS. In Linux, the 'arch' field now includes a human-readable string, such as 'arm', 'x64'. - This release has been Valgrind-checked on x86 and x64 Linux to ensure there are no internal errors or memory leaks.