Hacker News with Generative AI: Programming Languages

PHP 8.4 Released (php.net)
PHP 8.4 is a major update of the PHP language. It contains many new features, such as property hooks, asymmetric visibility, an updated DOM API, performance improvements, bug fixes, and general cleanup.
PHP, Programming Languages, New Releases, Software
7 points by theThree 28 minutes ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: What are the nice feature you need in a programming language? (ycombinator.com)
I'm developing a programming language, the keywords and features mostly based on Swift 5 but some additional features like, <p>1. async function will be called from no async function but no async/await keyword. If you want to block main thread then block_main() function will be used. block_main() /* operations */ unblock_main()<p>2. protocol can inherit another protocol(s) & protocol can confirm a class like swift.<p>3. no `let`. only `var`. compiler can optimize further.<p>4.
Programming Languages, Swift, Design, Programming, Feature Requests
8 points by Hashex129542 9 hours ago | 25 comments
Rust Foundation Collaborates with AWS to Verify Rust Standard Libraries (rust-lang.org)
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a collaborative initiative aimed at verifying the safety of the Rust standard libraries.
Rust, Programming Languages, Security, Cloud Computing, AWS
7 points by mjb 10 hours ago | 0 comments
Native compilation of Prolog predicates with Cranelift [pdf] (adrianistan.eu)
Native Compilation, Prolog, Programming Languages
20 points by aarroyoc 12 hours ago | 4 comments
What to Expect from Chicken 6 (more-magic.net)
This article is about the changes in the next major version of CHICKEN Scheme.
Programming Languages, Scheme, Software, New Releases, Version Updates
3 points by davexunit 18 hours ago | 0 comments
Lush: My favorite small programming language (wordpress.com)
I meant to write about this when I started my blog in 2009. Eventually Lush kind of faded out of my consciousness, as it was a lot easier to get work doing stuff in R or Matlab or whatever. The guy who was maintaining the code moved on to other things. The guys who wrote most of the code were getting famous because of the German Traffic Sign results. I moved on to other things.
Programming Languages, Personal Projects, Nostalgia
119 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 20 comments
Nominal for Storing, Structural for Manipulating (bearblog.dev)
Something that comes up sometimes in programming languages is the difference between nominal and structural type systems.
Programming Languages, Type Systems
41 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 30 comments
Creating Your Own Programming Language – Laurence Tratt [video] (youtube.com)
Programming Languages, Computer Science, Tutorials, Video Content
6 points by matt_d 1 day ago | 0 comments
Using Erlang hot code updates (underjord.io)
One of the Erlang ecosystem’s spiciest nerd snipes are hot code updates. Because it can do it. In ways that almost no other runtime can.
Erlang, Programming Languages, Software Development, Runtime Environments
262 points by lawik 2 days ago | 51 comments
What to Expect from Chicken 6 (more-magic.net)
This article is about the changes in the next major version of CHICKEN Scheme.
Programming Languages, Scheme, Software, New Releases
6 points by todsacerdoti 2 days ago | 1 comments
ChipWits FORTH is now Open Source A taste of Game Dev in 1984 (chipwits.com)
This month marks the 🎈🎈🎈 40th anniversary of ChipWits! 🎈🎈🎈 To celebrate, we’re releasing all of the original Mac and Commodore 64 FORTH source code (or as much as we could recover) as open source!
Open Source, Retro Gaming, Programming Languages, History
9 points by chipwits 2 days ago | 0 comments
Java 24 to Reduce Object Header Size and Save Memory (infoq.com)
JEP 450 (Compact Object Headers) has been targeted for delivery in JDK 24, and has already been merged to main.
Java, Programming Languages, Memory Management, Performance Optimization
10 points by 0x54MUR41 2 days ago | 4 comments
Story-time: C++, bounds checking, performance, and compilers (chandlerc.blog)
Recently, several of my colleagues at Google shared the story of how we are retrofitting spatial safety onto our monolithic C++ codebase: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/11/retrofitting-spatial-safety-to-hundreds.html
C++, Performance, Software Engineering, Programming Languages
4 points by nikbackm 2 days ago | 0 comments
Gleam v1.6.0 Released (gleam.run)
Gleam is a type-safe and scalable language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes. Today Gleam v1.6.0 has been published, featuring so many excellent improvements that I struggled to title this post.
New Releases, Programming Languages, Erlang, JavaScript
11 points by lpil 3 days ago | 0 comments
Impressions of React and TypeScript from an Elixir/Elm Developer (korban.net)
I was recently on a project where I chose to use React and TypeScript as part of the tech stack because of the existing skillset of my team. I myself managed to avoid both React and TypeScript until this year. So when I finally used them on a real project, I was looking at them as an experienced Elm & Elixir developer, coming from small niche ecosystems into the din of the real world.
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Web Development, Programming Languages
16 points by gampleman 3 days ago | 2 comments
CPython's Garbage Collector and Its Impact on Application Performance (codingconfessions.com)
Learn how the knowledge of CPython internals translate into performance insights for your code
Python, Performance, Garbage Collection, Programming Languages
16 points by guytv 3 days ago | 0 comments
Fortran II Hypersource (texdraft.github.io)
This is a hypertext rendition of the source code of IBM's FORTRAN II compiler for the IBM 704/709/7090/7094.
Programming Languages, Source Code, Software Development
78 points by texdraft 3 days ago | 8 comments
The missing text focused programming environment (utoronto.ca)
Hot take: the enduring popularity of writing applications in a list of environments that starts with Emacs Lisp and goes on to encompass things like Electron shows that we've persistently failed to create a good high level programming system for writing text-focused applications.
Text Editing, Programming Languages, User Interfaces
19 points by todsacerdoti 3 days ago | 6 comments
Ask HN: Best practices using AI as an experienced web dev (ycombinator.com)
As an Old, I came up learning the OG web dev languages - HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, etc. As a solo dev, I still largely work with these as natively as possible. But I am not a total dinosaur. I embraced jQuery in the early 2000's, Bootstrap scaffolding, and now often build reactive UI's using Vue 3.
Web Development, AI, Best Practices, Programming Languages
9 points by thebordella 3 days ago | 8 comments
Show HN: Nova JavaScript Engine (github.com/trynova)
Nova is a JavaScript and WebAssembly engine written in Rust.
JavaScript, WebAssembly, Rust, Programming Languages, Open Source
268 points by aapoalas 3 days ago | 102 comments
Rust haters, unite! Fil-C aims to Make C Great Again (theregister.com)
Developers looking to continue working in the C and C++ programming languages amid the global push to promote memory-safe programming now have another option that doesn't involve learning Rust.
Programming Languages, C, Rust
5 points by tux1968 4 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: A dynamic C (Hot reloading) module-based Web Framework (github.com/joexbayer)
Welcome to c-web-modules, a modular and efficient approach to web development in C. Inspired by kernel modules and AWS Lambda, this project allows you to upload C code directly to the server, which compiles and deploys it at runtime. No precompilation is necessary, and the server can easily be upgraded to include more features or external libraries.
Web Development, C Programming, Programming Languages, Open Source
126 points by warothia 4 days ago | 50 comments
Elixir-like pipes in Ruby (oh no not again) (zverok.space)
On a new approach to implement that long-envied feature.
Programming Languages, Ruby, Elixir, Software Development
4 points by ezekg 4 days ago | 0 comments
Compiler Optimization in a Language You Can Understand (sbaziotis.com)
Compiler Optimization, Programming Languages, Software Development
36 points by rurban 4 days ago | 0 comments
Safety in an unsafe world (lwn.net)
Joshua Liebow-Feeser took to the stage at RustConf to describe the methodology that his team uses to encode arbitrary constraints in the Rust type system when working on the Fuchsia operating system (slides). The technique is not unknown to the Rust community, but Liebow-Feeser did a good job of both explaining the method and making a case for why it should be used more widely.
Security, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Rust
70 points by signa11 4 days ago | 42 comments
Stop making me memorize the borrow checker (erikmcclure.com)
I started learning Rust about 3 or 4 years ago. I am now knee-deep in several very complex Rust projects that keep slamming into the limitations of the Rust compiler. One of the most common and obnoxious problems is hitting a situation the borrow-checker can’t deal with and realizing that I need to completely re-architect how my program works, because lifetimes are “contagious” the same way async is. Naturally, Rust has both!
Rust, Programming Languages, Compiler Design, Software Development
176 points by signa11 4 days ago | 233 comments
Logica – Declarative logic programming language for data (logica.dev)
Logica is an open source declarative logic programming language for data manipulation.
Programming Languages, Logic Programming, Data Manipulation
171 points by voat 5 days ago | 66 comments
A basic introduction to the classfile API in Java (ifesunmola.com)
JEP 484 defines the class file API as a standard way for parsing, generating, and transforming Java class files. You’ll never need to use it if you don’t write/never plan to write a JVM-based library, framework or compiler. ASM would still be the go-to library for most developers because there’s already a lot of information about it online. As of the time of writing, the API is still in preview and will be finalized with the release of JDK 24.
Java, Programming Languages, APIs, JVM, Compiler
35 points by ahhh_ife 5 days ago | 1 comments
C++ template macroprogramming versus Lisp macros (simondobson.org)
C++, Lisp, Programming Languages, Macros
99 points by oumua_don17 6 days ago | 71 comments
Gliimly is a programming language for web services (gliimly.github.io)
Gliimly is a programming language for web services.
Programming Languages, Web Development
59 points by todsacerdoti 6 days ago | 65 comments