# ANN: SparForte 3.0.1

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**Created:** [September 1, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.ada-lang.io/t/ann-sparforte-3-0-1/4711 "2026-09-01T20:58:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.ada-lang.io/t/ann-sparforte-3-0-1/4711/1 "2026-09-01T20:58:32Z")

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SparForte is a scripting language, template language and shell based on Ada and Bourne shell. It has been in development for over 20 years and has about 135,000 lines of code.

This release contains bug fixes prior to undertaking value meta labels (Phase 2) which provides units of measure and security policies. Support for Ubuntu 26.04 and PCRE2. 48 changes.

An overview can be found at:

> **[What's New in SparForte 3.0.1 - The Lone Coder](https://www.pegasoft.ca/coder/coder_august_2026.html)**
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> SparForte 3.0.1 is a bug-fix release prior to resuming my work on security policy meta tags.

The release notes are at

> **[SparForte 3.0.1 Released - News Item - SparForte Programming Language](https://www.sparforte.com/news/2026/news_september_2026.html)**
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> An open source programming language for high integrity tasks, efficient development over the project lifecycle and assuring software quality.

SparForte can be downloaded from the home page at

> **[SparForte Programming Language](https://sparforte.com/)**
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> An open source programming language for high integrity tasks, efficient development over the project lifecycle and assuring software quality.