New releases for Rust, Metals, and more FP news | Lambda World News
by Jason McClellan
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- January 18, 2022
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- rust• scala• metals• http4k• scala native• kubernetes• 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
Rust 1.58.0
| Rust 1.58.0 adds captured identifiers in format strings, library stabilizations, and more. See what else is new in the latest version of the Rust programming language here: Announcing Rust 1.58.0
Scala Native v0.4.3-RC2
| A new release candidate of Scala Native adds Scala 3 support and fixes bugs found in the previous release candidate. Read more about the update of this Scala compiler here: Scala Native v0.4.3-RC2
http4k 4.17.9.0
| A new version of http4k adds mapping for enum() in lenses. Check out the changelog to see more about the latest version of this functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications here: http4k 4.17.9.0
Metals v0.11.0
| The latest version of Metals adds CFR class file viewer, basic Java support, and much more. Read about everything new in the latest version of this Scala language server here: Metals v0.11.0 - Aluminium
Kubernetes is moving on from dockershim
| Kubernetes is removing dockershim in the upcoming v1.24 release. Read about the decision here: Kubernetes is Moving on From Dockershim
Scala 2.13.8
| The Scala team at Lightbend announced the release of Scala 2.13.8, which makes REPL work again on Mac M1, as well as a few other fixes. Read more about this version in the changelog here: Scala 2.13.8
SUGGESTED READS
Practical Server Side Swift - Third Edition by Tibor Bödecs
UPCOMING EVENTS
Lambda Days
February 10-11, 2022
lambdadays.org
Scala Love
February 11, 2022
scala.love
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