TADS 3 has many new features, such as efficient dynamic objects (with [[garbage collection (computer science)|automatic garbage collection]]), structured [[Exception handling|exceptions]], native [[UTF-8]] strings, and many useful function classes.
According to the [http://www.tads.org official TADS website], as of [[NovemberAugust 20042005]], the TADS 3 system is in its [[Development stage#BetaRelease_candidate|betarelease candidate]] releasestage[http://www.tads.org/t3dl.htm]. While TADS 3 is still subject to last-minute changes, and while its documentation is incomplete, the TADS 3 [[compiler]] and [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]] are stable and they have been ported to the [[Unix]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] and [[DOS]] [[platform (computing)|platforms]]. Several TADS 3 games have already appeared into the [[2002]], [[2003]], and [[2004]] [[Interactive Fiction Competition|IF Competition]].
