The Sista VM, an incredible JIT optimiser for Smalltalk, has now released an alpha: https://clementbera.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/sista-open-alpha-release/
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I've released difftastic 0.63! In this release:
* Better parsing of Elixir, LaTeX, Make, Nix, Rust and YAML
* Better detecting of text encoding, especially on Windows
* Prebuilt musl binaries, so you can run released binaries on older systems!
https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases/tag/0.63.0
Sometimes programming tools are so good that you miss them when using other languages. I see these mentioned the most frequently:
* IntelliJ (for Java)
* Slime+Emacs (for Common Lisp)
* Pharo (for Smalltalk)
I'm struck that they all have bespoke UIs.
"Example Driven Development" using Glamorous and Pharo Smalltalk: https://medium.com/feenk/an-example-of-example-driven-development-4dea0d995920
Tests returning values and composing is a really interesting model. It establishes structure and shows which test failure is the most 'fundamental'.