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11 Jun 2018
I would highly recommend Andreas Herrmann's "GHC Hacking Newcomer Guide" talk to anyone looking to get started hacking on GHC; it's a wealth of information communicated clearly and succinctly. #haskell #compiler #hacking
youtube.com/watch?v=s9DkByHS…
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For the record, my account was hacked in late August. I've cleaned up the mess however do note that I do not use this platform. Find me on Bluesky or Mastodon.
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Ben Gamari retweeted
1 Oct 2024
Big news! @HaskellOrg Committee and @HaskellFound are uniting to form a single non-profit. This merger strengthens our shared mission to support the #Haskell language, its community, and the future of functional programming. blog.haskell.org/haskell-fou…
#FunctionalProgramming
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Ben Gamari retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Me, on Virginia Public Radio:
“This is really the first time that automakers are being told that they will need to take into account pedestrian safety in the physical design of their vehicles. This has never actually happened before in America.”
wvtf.org/news/2024-09-25/wit…
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Ben Gamari retweeted
24 Sep 2024
Finally, the Biden administration is taking a stand against car bloat.
@NHTSAgov has proposed banning SUV & pickup hood designs that are especially likely to cause head injuries.
In @FastCompany, I explained why this could be a watershed moment. 🧵
fastcompany.com/91195993/car…
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9 Aug 2024
"Interesting" is certainly an interesting euphemism for "terrifying"
9 Aug 2024
Q: Do you support any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception?
Trump: We’re looking at that
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Ben Gamari retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Tim Walz’s transit resume is nuts:
🚞 new popular Amtrak line
🚍 new BRT funding
⚡️100% clean energy law
🚲e-bike tax credits
🥇best climate/transpo law in US
💰erased deficits
❤️🩹unarmed fare enforcement
Get on the Walz train!!
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Ben Gamari retweeted
Chipmakers puting AI cores in your CPU and not letting you use them for absolutely anything is the biggest waste of silicon in the history of modern computing.
Those tensor cores are godsend for things like large-scale CAD simulations but there's absolutely no way to access them
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Ben Gamari retweeted
15 Jul 2024
The four questions I was taught to ask before writing something are:
- Is it clear?
- Is it true?
- Is it necessary?
- Is it kind?
They're not all needed at all times, and they conflict, but I think you should think carefully before dropping any of them. Especially kindness.
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11 May 2024
GHC 9.10.1 is at long last released!
Between the continued iteration on the GHC20xx meta-extension mechanisms, further improvements in the JS/wasm backends, and (my favorite) the availability of exception backtraces in `base`, there is lots to be excited about.
#haskell
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11 May 2024
See the Haskell Discourse post for the full announcement:
discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-…
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27 Apr 2024
The GHC 9.10.1 release candidate is now available for download!
So far this has been a rather uneventful pre-release cycle bug-wise. Moreover, with relatively little breakage in the library space, I'm hopeful that this will be an easy migration.
discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-…
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15 Apr 2024
The third and final alpha release leading to 9.10.1 is now available!
discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-…
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29 Mar 2024
GHC 9.10.1-alpha1 is now available for your enjoyment
discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-…
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13 Mar 2024
GHC 9.10.1-alpha1 is now available!
Lots of goodness in this release including a few great steps on the road to Dependent Haskell, the long-awaited introduction of exception backtraces, and Javascript FFI support in the Wasm backend.
haskell.org/ghc/blog/2024031…
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Ben Gamari retweeted
2 Jun 2023
Well-Typed are looking forward to @ZuriHac and are glad to support the GHC Contributors' Workshop run by @haskellfound next week! Check out well-typed.com/blog/2023/06/… for details of talks by @bgamari, @samderbyshire, @kosmikus and others from Well-Typed.
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8 May 2023
The #Haskell exception backtrace proposal is very close to completion. However, we could use your feedback on handling of nested exceptions.
Library authors: please leave yours thoughts on the designs proposed in this comment:
github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc…
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