Analysis of PHP version adoption trends in July 2022, showing growth of PHP 8.1 and concerns over slow migration from PHP 7.4.
Announcing the 2022 Ihaka Lectures, featuring online talks by Emi Tanaka, Luke Tierney, and Wes McKinney on R, data science tools, and experimental design.
Announcement of the Hare programming language, a new systems programming language, with community updates and related tech blog posts.
A survey of SQL parser libraries across multiple programming languages, comparing handwritten vs. generated parsers and their handling of basic SELECT queries.
An argument for implementing generics in PHP via static analysis, discussing the technical challenges and required mindset shift for developers.
Explores the technical and architectural reasons why PHP does not yet support generics, examining three potential implementation methods and their challenges.
A developer explains the benefits of keeping a new systems programming language private during its early development phase.
A developer shares their experience creating and publishing their first Rust crate, 'recoord', for handling and resolving geographic coordinates.
An expert invites questions about modern Java features, projects, and upcoming presentations at tech conferences.
Explains how tokenization works in the Zig compiler, detailing the tokenizer's structure, usage, and key properties like being allocation-free.
A look at PHP's modern features, active development, and thriving community in 2021, debunking the myth that the language is dead.
Analysis of PHP version usage statistics from January 2022, showing adoption rates for PHP 8.1, 8.0, and older versions.
A curated list of recommended resources for learning and using the Go programming language, including books, tools, libraries, and websites.
A 2021 survey of parsing techniques used in major programming language implementations, comparing parser generators and handwritten parsers.
A JavaScript developer shares their personal experience and first impressions of learning the Go programming language, comparing it to their favorite language.
A guide to debugging programs written in a new compiled programming language, covering techniques from print statements to using gdb without debug symbols.
A developer shares their pragmatic approach to choosing programming languages based on task suitability, focusing on Python and Go for server-side and infrastructure work.
A developer's experience learning and using the J programming language, highlighting its strengths and eventual deal-breaking limitations.
Analysis of PHP version usage statistics from July 2021, showing adoption trends and a discussion on upgrading to PHP 8.
A side-by-side comparison of basic syntax in 10 programming languages, covering console output, variables, and collections.
