Lambda World News | Functional Programming Headlines for the week of August 23rd, 2021
by Jason McClellan- •
- August 23, 2021
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- haskell• scala• akka• lambda world• functional programming
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- 2 minutes to read.
Here’s a quick look from Lambda World News at some of the recent items making news in the Functional Programming community.
NEWS
Scalafmt 3.0.0
| Version 3.0.0 of the Scalafmt code formatter for Scala adds Scala 3 support and much more. Read all about this version here: Scalafmt 3.0.0
GHC 8.10.6
| The Glasgow Haskell Compiler has reached version 8.10.6, which adds many bug fixes. Read about it here: GHC 8.10.6 is now available
Spectacle
| A domain-specific language for writing and checking formal specifications in Haskell called Spectacle was recently announced. Read more about it here: Announcing Spectacle
Gradle 7.2
| Gradle 7.2 adds usability improvements like toolchain support for Scala projects. Read more about the latest version of this open-source build automation tool here: Gradle Release Notes
Akka 2.6.16
| A new patch release of Akka 2.6 is out, featuring several improvements and additions. Read more about the latest version of this toolkit for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications for Java and Scala here: Akka 2.6.16 Released
SUGGESTED READS
Jetpack Compose internals by Jorge Castillo
UPCOMING EVENTS
Haskell Love
September 10th, 2021
haskell.love
RustConf
September 14th, 2021
rustconf.com
Scale By The Bay
October 28th-29th, 2021
www.scale.bythebay.io
ScalaCon
November 2nd-5th, 2021
scalacon.org
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