Still Still rollin

Wow, looking backward, the similar post was almost a year ago. And it was like yesterday :)

Yep, the same working place as year ago, and a bunch of new technologies learned in the mean time. But, I'm still missing that rustiness of C++ and jam-s bug-ability, as I'm now in ruby/java/enterprise land where optimization means nothing and every slow-iness is rewarded with more RAM or disk. Looks like the world is going in different direction.

I'm not sure are you familiar, but EDE in some parts uses TinyScheme. Actually, except some playground, tinyscheme (all lowercase, easier to type) is used to describe schemes/themes, although there are few bits left to be completed. Still not sure about language choice, but believe me, I went through all 'modern' languages and still can't get that warm code-is-data feeling I'm getting from scheme (or any other Lisp).

The reason I'm mentioning tinyscheme is how recently was quietly released 1.40 version. The release have a few my patches, including one new feature hardly found in other scheme implementations: error line report in parsing phase. This becomes quite handy when the source grow over 10 lines ;)

Also, I must mention how I received a wonderful patch from Damon, still pending to add on repo. It gives ability to configure ede-panel, something I never manage to finish. Damon, sorry for taking too long to merge it, but I didn't forget about it. Thank you again!

Mozilla's new language?

Looks like, these days, is quite popular every company/organization to start own language.

I just noticed on LU how Mozilla is developing own language, called Rust. How does it look like? Well, if you know C and bit of Python, you already know Rust.

Boring...

Ahem...

Check this excerpt from one (very similar) project description I stumbled upon (project name is replaced with XYZ, but astute reader will easily figure it's name):

... XYZ is designed for cloud networks such as local freifunk clouds or the global Internet cloud. It can be built on top of various Linux distributions such as Ubuntu or Debian. It provides a fast desktop experience connecting easily with applications in the cloud and supports a wealth of programs, that can be installed with Linux systems locally. ...

Looks like I'll have to find some manager to write a few words on EDE wiki :P