An article titled Rust Is Hard, Or: The Misery of Mainstream Programming came out today and it's getting a lot of attention. I have a feeling that it's viewed in a wrong context, so I'd like to comment on the issue raised there.
Source: (async) Rust doesn't have to be hard, an article by Piotr Sarnacki.
This blog post is for developers who want to build their Haskell project with Stack and provide system dependencies and tools with Nix.
Source: Smooth, non-invasive Haskell Stack and Nix shell integration, an article by Julien Debon.
I recently got a copy of the book Compiling to Assembly from Scratch by Vladamir Keleshev, which details how to write a compiler for a subset of JavaScript to 32-bit ARM assembly code. The choice to use ARM assembly is mainly for its simplicity in comparison to x86.
Keleshev elects to use TypeScript to write the compiler, which, as he explains in the preface, is largely a compromise for its familiar C-like syntax while still providing many functional programming features desireable for writing a compiler. However, I chose to write my version of the compiler in Haskell as it's my favorite language, and the focus on functional programming from Keleshev makes it a natural choice for the translation.
Overall, I had a lot of fun writing this compiler as I got to learn more about the nitty-gritty low-level of how code is executed while getting more practice with Haskell. In this post, I won't cover every detail of the design of the compiler, but I'll try to hit on what I found to be the most important or interesting aspects of the code.
Source: Compiling a Subset of JavaScript to ARM Assembly in Haskell, an article by Micah Cantor.
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
In the evening Esme, Alice, and I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I liked the movie a little less than the previous two and give it a 6.5 out of 10.