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Sep 17, 2015 at 23:19
Rebol keeps coming up as a language with interesting metaprogramming features. Worth putting in some time to explore it.

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Sep 18, 2026 at 23:00
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Difftastic 0.71 is out! This is a polish release, still well worth upgrading: * A ton of performance improvements, especially for nasty corner cases. * Improved C++, Dockerfile, Haskell, JavaScript, Makefile, Perl, Ruby, Rust, Scala and TypeScript.
Release 0.71.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Release 0.71.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. See the manual to get started, and the changelog for historical changes. Diffing Improved performance, particularly for line-based diff...
Jul 11, 2026 at 23:39
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I had a third attempt at porting difftastic from Dijkstra to A*, and I've eventually concluded that A* just isn't worth it for the implementation complexity. I had fun writing it up though, and I've even attempted ASCII art for building intuitions:
No longer pursuing A* · Wilfred/difftastic@7479636
No longer pursuing A* · Wilfred/difftastic@7479636
Closes #1007
Mar 16, 2026 at 23:57
I've released difftastic 0.68! A smaller update, but still worth upgrading: * Improved Bash, C, Go, Lua, Nix, Perl, Python, Rust, Scala, Swift and YAML parsing. * Minor display and git compatibility fixes.
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Release 0.68.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Release 0.68.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. See the manual to get started, and the changelog for historical changes. Git Support Fixed an issue where git with difftastic would ter...