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Changes Introduced in 3#4

• New built-in predicates and command line tools for creating and loading foreign language modules and creating customized development and runtime systems.
• Slight changes in the C interface: hook variables are set by function calls, SP_foreign_reinit_hook() is not supported.
• The system has been ported to the Microsoft Win32 platform (Intel x86).
• The system has been ported to the Macintosh.
• The system has been ported to the OS/2 (32-bit) platform (Intel x86).
• If the init file ~/.sicstusrc is not found, SICStus looks for ~/sicstus.ini.
• library(sockets): socket_select/5 arg 1 may be a, possibly empty, list of passive sockets, arg 3 returns a, possibly empty, list of new streams.
• library(system): The following new predicates are provided: tmpnam/1, directory_files/2, file_property/2, delete_file/2, make_directory/1.
• A new constraint solver for finite domains (library(clpfd)), implemented on top of library(atts).