I've released difftastic 0.40! In this release:
* Faster, more efficient diffing courtesy of QuarticCat :)
* `--list-languages` is now more helpful
* Better support for older distros
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I'm considering using WebP more: for example, my websites would load faster and browsers have supported it since 2020: https://caniuse.com/webp
That said, GitHub just added support in August 2025, so I suspect I'd still find use cases that don't work yet:
Spent a bunch of time learning about text diffing algorithms this evening.
"Myers Algorithm" refers to a specific paper written by Eugene Myers, and he published faster algorithms later!
Read-Eval-Patch loops and iterating on tests in a faster and more interactive manner:



