HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Release Notes, Edition 2

• HP-UX Linker and HP Dynamic Loader: Features include improved fastbind mechanism for
decreasing program startup time; improved dld startup time; non-suspension of threads; and
more.
• Java 2 Standard Edition Platform
◦ New: Java JDK/JRE for HP-UX: JDK/JRE version 6.0 is a new version of the HP-UX Java
Development Kit (JDK) for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition. JDK/JRE version 5.0 and
SDK/RTE 1.4.2 have been updated to incorporate defect and security bulletin fixes.
• Libc Enhancement: The printf(3S) and scanf(3S) family of functions have been enhanced to
recognize decimal floating point conversion specifiers. Software Pack product. Optional on
all OEs.
• libIO.so Shared Library: Provides APIs for accessing the kernel I/O system data structures
maintained by the HP-UX I/O subsystem. Delivers new shared libraries which are thread safe.
• New: MallocNextGen: Provides a totally new implementation of the user space memory
allocator. This new allocator may show better performance for multi-threaded applications or
applications with small block allocations. Software Pack product. Optional on all OEs.
• New: Numeric User Group Name: With this feature it is possible to create user/group names
that begin with a numeric character and in turn be entirely numeric. Software Pack product.
Optional on all OEs.
• Perl: Updated to version 5.8.8 build 822.2 to incorporate defect fixes. Includes performance
improvements.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”
• European TrueType Fonts Extension - Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Vietnamese: You can now
print Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Vietnamese characters using the PostScript print filter.
• Internationalized PostScript Printing Enhancements: Includes support for the printing and proper
shaping of Arabic, Hebrew and Thai characters with enhanced bidirectional printing support;
new PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files to support additional HP PostScript printers; illegal
command line options will now be listed in the banner page; and more.
• New and Updated Asian Iconv Converters: Several Asian character sets now have iconv
conversion support added to convert data directly from these character sets to and from various
transformation formats of Unicode such as UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”
• There are no changes in September 2008 for the products or features that are normally
documented in this chapter.
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2008 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i
v3 differs from the September 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2008 Release Notes, available in its most
current version at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
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