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Yesterday, a new statically-typed programming language named V was open sourced. It is described as a simple, fast, and compiled language for creating maintainable software. Its creator, Alex Medvednikov, says that it is  very similar to Go  and is inspired by Oberon, Rust, and  Swift . What to expect from V programming language Fast compilation V can compile up to 1.2 million lines of code per second per CPU. It achieves this by direct machine code generation and strong modularity. If we decide to emit C code, the compilation speed drops to approximately 100k of code per second per CPU. Medvednikov mentions that direct machine code generation is still in its very early stages and right now only supports x64/Mach-O. He plans to make this feature stable by the end of this year. Safety It seems to be an ideal language because it has no null, global variables, undefined values, undefined behavior, variable shadowing, and does bound checking. It supports immu...

A team of developers has introduced a new data constraint language —  CUE  that combines types and values into a single concept. It’s an open-source data validation language, inspired by Google’s General Configuration Language (GCL) and aims to make tasks that involve defining and using data simpler. CUE comes with two core properties that set it apart from other configuration languages. First, it considers types as values and second, these values are ordered into a lattice, a partially ordered set. Talking about applications of CUE, it includes data validation, data templating, configuration, code generation, querying, etc.  According to the  developers , “CUE merges the notion of schema and data. The same CUE definition can simultaneously be used for validating data and act as a template to reduce boilerplate. “Schema definition is enriched with fine-grained value definitions and default values. At the same time, data can be simplified by removing values ...

Yesterday was a super exciting day for Node.js developers as Node.js foundation announced of Node.js 12 transitions to Long Term Support (LTS) with the release of Node.js 13. As per the team, Node.js 12 becomes the newest LTS release along with version 10 and 8. This release marks the transition of Node.js 12.x into LTS with the codename ‘Erbium’. The 12.x release line now moves into “Active LTS” and will remain so until October 2020. Then it will move into “Maintenance” until the end of life in April 2022. The new Node.js 13 release will deliver faster startup and better default heap limits. It includes updates to V8, TLS and llhttp and new features like diagnostic report, bundled heap dump capability and updates to Worker Threads, N-API, and more. Key features in Node.js 13 Let us take a look at the key features included in Node.js 13. V8 gets an upgrade to V8 7.8 This release is compatible with the new version V8 7.8. This new version of the V8 JavaScript engine bring...

Selecting technologies means committing to solutions that will support an active, growing business over the long term, so it requires careful consideration and foresight. When an enterprise bets on the wrong horse, the result is often significantly higher development costs and reduced flexibility, both of which can stick around for the long haul. In the past decade, adoption of open source software at the enterprise level has flourished, as more businesses discover the considerable advantages open source solutions hold over their proprietary counterparts, and as the enterprise mentality around open source continues to shift. Enterprises looking to make smart use of open source software will find plenty of great reasons to do so. Here are just some of them. 1 Community . Open source solutions geared toward the enterprise often have thriving communities around them, bound by a common drive to support and improve a solution that both the enterprise and the community benefit fro...