Tim Anderson
Moq testing framework under fire for phone-home SponsorLink monetization
A popular open source mocking framework for .NET is under fire from developers, following the inclusion of SponsorLink, […]
Go 1.21 released with experimental WASI, fix for common gotcha
The Go team has released Go 1.21, including three new built-in functions and a preview of a feature […]
Java FFM API “Project Panama” likely to exit preview in JDK 22
Oracle software architect Maurizio Cimadamore, who leads the work on Java’s Foreign Function and Memory (FFM) API, reports […]
Visual Studio Code update includes return of Unity support, now from Microsoft
Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to version 1.81, including support for partial profiles, an improved […]
Microsoft .NET 8 gets November release date, devs hope for stable MAUI
Microsoft will release .NET 8, a long-term support (LTS) version, at the .NET Conf 2023 between November 14-16. […]
Nim programming language version 2.0 released, compiles to native code or JavaScript
The Nim team has released version 2.0 of the Nim programming language, described as evolutionary, now with ORC […]
Bun 0.7.1 released, 1.0 promised for September 7th
Bun, a JavaScript runtime based on Zig and JavaScript Core, has reached version 0.71, with version 1.0 promised […]
Python’s GIL, a ‘major obstacle to concurrency,’ will likely be removed – but slowly
The Python Steering Council intends to remove the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) from Python, speeding concurrent code, but […]
Stack Overflow unveils OverflowAI and VS Code add-in
Stack Overflow has introduced OverflowAI, a service under development which merges AI with its huge database of technical […]
Google releases Android Studio Giraffe, marking 10 years since the first version
Google has released Android Studio “Giraffe”, based on the 2022.3 wave of JetBrains IDEs. Android Studio Giraffe includes […]