Happy to see that LLVM is moving to a single build system: http://t.co/EKiSJYkqCh (previously both autotools and CMake were supported)
miniblog.
.@oxlang has some really interesting ideas around immutable namespaces. Compiling code effectively whilst providing a good REPL is hard.
6to5 now rewrites functions with TCO! https://github.com/6to5/6to5/pull/714#issuecomment-73433079 (I wrote an elisp equivalent, but this is far more general)
Slightly scary to learn that C++ can instantiate objects for you, implicitly: http://t.co/UMFCbtsuWN (unless you use the 'explicit' keyword)
"Combines the speed of BASIC with the ease of INTERCAL and
the readability of an IOCCC entry!" http://t.co/CjwJ1NOdK9
Whilst C++ is a curly-brace language, it's really quite different syntactically to C/JS/Java (even more in C++11). Seeking beginner's mind.
A single-instruction set computer can of course have a simpler design! Why would you want anything else? http://t.co/VdE0eZFD6u (spoof)
Fantastic discussion of register allocation limitations on HN:
Most of programming productivity is finding ways to reduce the iteration cycle. Live coding > linting > compile warnings > tests > usage.
I can't imagine using Twitter to discuss a hot-button/highly politicised topic. It would just be setting yourself up for a torrent of abuse.
Wow, I had no idea @pharocloud existed. Very cool to see Pharo-specific application hosting!
Interesting to see a Rust raytracer compile faster than the equivalent C++: https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2014/10/20/writing-a-path-tracer-in-rust-part-7-conclusion - that itself is a compelling advantage.
New version of pypy is out! http://t.co/QcTwH3qbfe 2.5.0 shows some impressive performance gains in an already mature project.
Learnt today that x86 has UD2, a deliberately invalid opcode for testing. It's a big instruction set.
LLVM is the first curly-braced language project I've hacked on that uses UpperCaseVariableNames. New conventions are always hard at first.
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