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Rust can automatically rewrite functions to use out pointers instead of copying data! Neat.

The only thing I could spot was a lack of named groups and back references.

OpenBSD's httpd uses Lua patterns http://t.co/az7QKKDLOq instead of PCRE regexes. They say this is simpler, but it seems comparable to me?

Great survey of what semantics C users expect from their compilers: http://t.co/3xmwmOkkU2

I find myself using iedit https://github.com/victorhge/iedit for many basic refactorings these days. It's powerful, and works in every language!

"OpenBSD's man pages are so nice that RTFMing somebody [...] is not condescending but selfless." http://t.co/Wfpg3xRcL8 docs matter!

I have plenty of mutable variables in Rust, but I quite like explicit mutability. It makes function signatures clearer.

Rust 1.1 is out! http://t.co/2oFHXT1fyS The compilation speedups are palpable and make a big difference.

Great post on using Quickcheck on new Erlang features: https://medium.com/@jlouis666/breaking-erlang-maps-1-31952b8729e6 Impressive that Quickcheck found 2^31-1 as a counterexample!

Really excited to see Telegram has released a bot API! https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution It's a major feature lacking in other IM apps.

Standard Chartered have written their own Haskell compiler! https://donsbot.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/haskell-dev-role-in-strats-at-standard-chartered-london/ Wow! I wonder what they see as the advantages.

Edebug tip of the day: press e when using edebug and you can evaluate expression in the context of the current expression.

Astoundingly, the US Department of Defense is still paying money for Symbolics Lisp support!

Extraordinary project of the day: a C compiler that compiles via Common Lisp! https://twitter.com/

Eshell is extraordinary and well worth learning. You can use both shell command and Emacs commands! http://t.co/rZ6lo5MSrp