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Scala is one of the main application programming languages used at Twitter. Much of our infrastructure is written in Scala and we have several large libraries supporting our use. While highly effective, Scala is also a large language, and our experiences have taught us to practice great care in its application. What…
An introduction to Go errors.
We use nginx throughout our network for front-line web serving, proxying and traffic filtering. In some cases, we've augmented the core C code of nginx with our own modules, but recently we've made a major move to using Lua in conjunction with nginx. One project that's now almost entirely written in Lua is the new…
As many of you are probably already aware, Mozilla has recently gotten into the mobile OS space with Firefox OS. Firefox OS is built using ...
This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 2.7.
We're pleased to announce PyPy 2.1, which targets version 2.7.3 of the Python language. This is the first release with official support for...
An introduction to the Go's defer, panic, and recover control flow mechanisms.
We're pleased to announce the first beta of the upcoming 2.1 release of PyPy3. This is the first release of PyPy which targets Python 3 (3....
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
Edit, save, and refresh. Revel compiles your code and templates for you, so you don't miss a beat. Code doesn't compile? It gives you a helpful description . Run-time code panic? Revel has you covered .
How and why to use the Go race detector to improve your programs.
This is a companion post to my discussion with Craig Andera on Relevance Podcast Episode 32 and my Clojure/West talk Clojure in the Large. I've talked about ...
The release of GCC 4.8.1 was announced today (31 May 2013) on the gcc mailing list. In addition to many bug fixes, GCC 4.8.1 adds support for C++11 ref-qualifiers, the final missing C++11 feature. This makes GCC the first C++11 [Ed.: language specification] feature complete compiler to be released.
A few month back, Apple quietly slipped a very nice Objective-C to Javascript bridge into WebKit. Since the first commit...
We're pleased to announce PyPy 2.0. This is a stable release that brings a swath of bugfixes, small performance improvements and compatibil...
An interview with Felix Winkelmann about CHICKEN Scheme, the SPOCK Scheme-to-JavaScript compiler, and what motivates him to keep programming.
"You're smart too late and old too soon." - Mike Tyson I'm very pleased to announce the release of Factor 0.96! OS/CPU Win...
