Further to the recent announcement here regarding the Business Objects Quark Framework for Java and its CAL language, I'm pleased to announce the availability of the first downloadable software, as well as some extra documents ("Effective CAL" and "Gem Cutter Manual"). This initial software release is designed primarily for those wishing to explore the CAL language, the Gem Cutter graphical language, and ICE (the interactive shell). In a short while (a week or two), we will update this release with the addition of an Eclipse plug-in (providing a CAL editor) and the full Java SDK for embedding functional logic into 'regular' Java applications, with dynamic control over the generation of new functions and their evaluation. There is a new home for downloading Quark Framework resources and getting the latest news: http://labs.businessobjects.com/cal A new discussion forum has also been set up to handle Q&A, feedback and the exchange of code samples. Details on the main Quark Framework page as above. Pending the release of the Eclipse editor, we have posted a CAL mode for the jEdit editor on the forum. Regards Luke