It's very rare for HTML/CSS rendering to not be break old sites, but it's interesting that JS changes more aggressively. Eg parseInt("010")
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I'm fascinated to learn that some distros are including the whole HTML manual in the package!
It seems like a nice thing for users, but I was initially surprised to see JS in the package.
https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/difftastic/
I get a lot of value from tech/PL microblogging as @_wilfredh on Twitter, and often get interesting comments. I'm not sure how much the new CEO will affect that.
I also cross-post to https://mastodon.social/@wilfredh and have interesting discussions there too. Both are worthwhile today.
A deep dive on how Go generics are implemented, with monomorphisation of call sites with primitive types for performance: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2022/faster-sorting-with-go-generics/
The Go proposals call this 'stenciling', but I've not heard that term before. AFAICT it's monomorphisation.