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The most popular blog posts about programming languages on Hacker News. 144 posts.
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Nim versions 1.4.4 and 1.2.10
The Nim team is happy to announce the double patch release of versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4.
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Why Is JRuby Slow?
In this article, the author explores why JRuby, an alternative Ruby interpreter that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), is slower than other R...
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Megatron-Turing NLG 530B, the World’s Largest Generative Language Model
MT-NLG has 3x the number of parameters compared to the existing largest model of this type and demonstrates unmatched accuracy in a broad set of natural language tasks.
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Native Type Theory
Note: These pages make extensive use of the latest XHTML and CSS Standards . They ought to look great in any standards-compliant modern browser. Unfortunately, they will probably look horrible in older browsers, like Netscape 4.x and IE 4.x. Moreover, many posts use MathML, which is, currently only supported in…
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Erlang/OTP 24 Release Candidate 1
The official home of the Erlang Programming Language
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Parser Combinators in Haskell
In this article, we will show you how to implement simple parser combinators from scratch and how to use the Megaparsec library to implement a parser for S-expressions.
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Crystal 1.2.2 Is Released
We are releasing the second patch release of the 1.2 series.
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Racket v8.2
_posted by John Clements_ Racket version 8.2 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org. Racket CS improved the performance of large-integer arithmetic. Racket has improved support for layered and tethered installation. Racket ...
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Unix philosophy without left-pad, Part 2: Minimizing dependencies
In the previous post, I made a case for why programming languages should have a utility library that provides small-but-commonly-needed functions. Today I’m introducing a Raku package that I hope w…
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Forth: Stack-Manipulation Operators
Stack-manipulation operators allow the Forth programmer to do arithmetic interactively or in code contained in Forth definitions (e.g., defined functions).
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PowerShell Inventor Jeffrey Snover Interview
We had a great talk with Jeffrey Snover, Microsoft Technical Fellow and CTO for Modern Workforce Transformation. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell. Enjoy full interview on our website.
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The Haskell Phrasebook (2019)
The Haskell Phrasebook is a free quick-start Haskell guide comprised of a sequence of small annotated programs.
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Standard Ruby 1.0
Say hello to Standard Ruby 1.0! Effortless linting and code formatting for Ruby, built on RuboCop. Zero configuration, total convenience.
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James Gosling Interview
We had an opportunity to talk with James Gosling, a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the father of the Java programming language, and get his insight into the languages, features, and solutions that we use every day.
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PEP 636 – Structural Pattern Matching: Tutorial
This PEP is a tutorial for the pattern matching introduced by PEP 634.
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Overview ⚡ Zig Programming Language
Focus on debugging your application rather than debugging your programming language knowledge.