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Nim 1.0 releases with improved library, backward compatibility and more

Yesterday, the team at Nim announced Nim version 1.0, a general-purpose, compiled programming language that focuses on efficiency, readability and…

5 years ago

How Quarkus brings Java into the modern world of enterprise tech

What is old is new again, even - and maybe especially - in the world of technology. To name a…

5 years ago

Dart 2.5 releases with the preview of ML complete, the dart:ffi foreign function interface and improvements in constant expressions

Last week, Michael Thomsen, the Project Manager for Dart announced the stable release of Dart 2.5 SDK (Software Development Kit).…

5 years ago

Microsoft open-sources its C++ Standard Library (STL) used by MSVC tool-chain and Visual Studio

Last week, Microsoft open-sourced its implementation of the C++ Standard Library, also known as STL. The library is shipped along…

5 years ago

LLVM’s Clang 9.0 to ship with experimental support for OpenCL C++17, asm goto initial support, and more

The stable release of LLVM 9.0 is expected to come in the next few weeks along with subprojects like Clang…

5 years ago

Oracle releases JDK 13 with switch expressions and text blocks preview features, and more!

Yesterday, Oracle announced the general availability of Java SE 13 (JDK 13) and that its binaries are expected to be…

5 years ago

Darklang available in private beta

Yesterday, the team behind Dark programming language has unveiled Darklang’s private beta version. Dark is a holistic programming language, editor,…

5 years ago

Introducing ‘ixy’, simple user-space network driver written in high-level languages like Rust, Go, and C#, among others

Researchers Paul Emmerich et al have developed a new simple user space network driver called ixy. According to the researchers,…

5 years ago

The Eclipse Foundation releases Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral Java EE

Yesterday, the Eclipse Foundation announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8 full platform, web profile specifications, and related Technology…

5 years ago

Is Scala 3.0 new language altogether? Martin Odersky, its designer, says “yes and no”

At Scala Days Lausanne 2019 in July, Martin Odersky, the lead designer of Scala, gave a tour of the upcoming…

5 years ago