Agena

Version: 
6.8.2
Release date: 
Monday, 9 March, 2009

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Agena is an easy-to-learn procedural programming language suited for everyday usage. It has been implemented as an interpreter and can be used in scientific, educational, linguistic, and many other applications. Its syntax looks like very simplified Algol 68 with elements taken from Lua and SQL.

This software is distributed as compressed package. You have to download and manually install it; if prerequisites are required, you will have to manually install them too.

Manual installation

Available both as ZIP and WarpIN package:

  • download the ZIP package to temporary directory and unpack it to destination folder;
  • the WarpIN package is self-installing.

See below for download link(s).

You can install the prerequisites with rpm running the following string in a command line:

yum install libc libcx libgcc1 libssp libstdc++6 libstdc++ libsupc++6 libsupc++ libgcc-fwd readline ncurses expat sqlite

Following ones are the download links for manual installation:

Agena v. 6.8.2 (21/2/2026, Alexander Walz) Readme/What's new
agena >> `The Power of Procedural Programming` 6.8.2 Kashan, February 21, 2026 - `dual.generate` can now create functions taking two arguments, by passing the required partial derivatives. Check the Agena Primer, Chapter 11.7, for details. - Tweaked `dual.psi`, `dual.generate` and the `lngamma` operator for dual numbers a little bit. - The third derivatives that `dual.beta` and `dual.arctan2` returned were faulty. This has been fixed. Both functions now require two third-order dual numbers as input. - The accuracy of `expx2` with complex numbers has been improved a tiny bit. - `calc.Psi` has been renamed to just `psi` and `calc.invPsi` to `invpsi`, the latter now also internally computing with 80-bit precision. Aliases have been provided to ensure backward compatibility. - `long.psi` now accepts two arguments n, x, and computes: n=0: The Psi (digamma) function, equal to long.psi(x). n=1: The trigamma function. n=2: The tetragamma function. n=3: The pentagamma function. - `long.trigamma`, `long.tetragamma`, `long.pentagamma` have been deprecated but aliases have been provided for backward compatibility. - New `long.isirregular` checks for `undefined`, +/-`infinity` and whether the (absolute) argument is 2^64 or greater. - On OpenSUSE, `arctan2` when given argument 0 + k*I, with k < 0, unintentionally returned a negated result. This has been fixed.
 sourceforge.net/projects/agena/files/Binaries/Agena 6.8.2/agena-6.8.2-os2.wpi/download
Agena v. 4.12.5 (20/5/2025, Alexander Walz) Readme/What's new
4.12.5 Merryville, May 20, 2025 - In the past, the bitshift operators <<< (left shift), >>> (right shift), <<<< (left rotation) and >>>> (right rotation) had different behaviour across platforms when a number at or beyond the +/-2^32 threshold has been processed. This has been changed and the results in these situations are now the same. Likewise, `bytes.numto32` is now returning the same results on all platforms when casting a value at or beyond the +/-2^32 border. This also benefits various functions in the `hashes` package as their returns are now the same across platforms, as well. To check the new underflow or overflow behaviour, use `math.wrap`. - New function `math.fmod` works and returns the same result as the binary `symmod` operator. It has just been added to facilitate porting C code to Agena. - The results of `hashes.mix`, `hashes.crc32`, `hashes.crc8`, `hashes.reflect`, `hashes.parity`, `hashes.fibmod`, `hashes.interweave`, `hashes.jinteger` may now be different with out-of-range input, that is with arguments at or beyond the 2^32 threshold, depending on your platform.
 www.hobbesarchive.com/Hobbes/pub/os2/dev/proglang/misc/Agena_4-12-5.wpi
Agena Manual v. 6.8.2 (, Alexander Walz)
 sourceforge.net/projects/agena/files/Manuals/agena.pdf/download
Agena source code v. 6.8.2 (Source code, , Alexander Walz)
 sourceforge.net/projects/agena/files/Sources/agena-6.8.2-src.tar.gz/download
Record updated last time on: 22/02/2026 - 19:03

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Hello, thank you very much for listing me. Greetings from Bonn, Rhineland, Alex

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