Haiku position within the verse, it may briefly cut the stream of thought, suggesting a parallel between the preceding and following phrases, or it may provide a dignified ending, concluding the verse with a heightened sense of closure. The fundamental aesthetic quality of both hokku and haiku is that it is internally sufficient, independent of context, and will bear consideration as a complete work. The "kireji" lends the verse structural support, allowing it to stand as an independent poem. The use of "kireji" distinguishes haiku and hokku from second and subsequent verses of renku; which may employ semantic and syntactic disjuncture,
History of Haiku (operating system) became self-hosting, which means Haiku can be built from within itself. On January 31, 2009, Haiku obtained a native GCC4 port; this allows modern applications, like Firefox 3, to be built on Haiku. On July 12, 2009, a first prototype version of the FreeBSD WLAN-Stack was ported to Haiku, enabling unencrypted WLAN connections as a first step. The first alpha release "Haiku R1/Alpha 1" has been released on September 14, 2009. On October 27, 2009, Haiku obtained Qt4 support via an external 3rd party port. The second alpha release ("Haiku R1/Alpha 2") was released on May 10, 2010. After having