The Apache Etch team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Etch 1.4.0. Etch is a cross-platform, language- and transport-independent framework for building and consuming network services. The Etch toolset includes a network service description language, a compiler, and binding libraries for a variety of programming languages. Etch is also transport-independent, allowing for a variety of different transports to be used based on need and circumstance. New features: This release includes the new C++ binding which should be considered as beta. Please refer to the change log for the complete list of changes: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/etch/releases/release-1.4.0/ChangeLog.txt Downloads: http://etch.apache.org/downloads.html