New releases for Scala, Rust, and more FP news | Lambda World News
by Jason McClellan
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- October 25, 2021
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- scala• rust• http4k• f#• haskell• kotlin• 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
Scala 3.1.0
| Scala 3.1.0 is officially out. This first minor release after 3.0 adds experimental safer exceptions, support for -Wconf and @nowarn, and more. Read all the details here: Scala 3.1.0 Released!
Rust 1.56.0 and Rust 2021
| The latest Rust releases feature several changes adding new capabilities and more consistency to the language. See what’s new here: Announcing Rust 1.56.0 and Rust 2021
F# 6
| Microsoft just announced the release of F# 6. This update is packed with new features, making the language faster, more uniform, and easier to use. Read all about it in this extensive post: What’s new in F# 6
http4k 4.15.0.0
| A new update is available for http4k, a functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. Check out the changelog here: http4k 4.15.0.0
SUGGESTED READS
Book of Monads, 2nd edition by Alejandro Serrano
UPCOMING EVENTS
Scale By The Bay
October 28th-29th, 2021
www.scale.bythebay.io
ScalaCon
November 2nd-5th, 2021
scalacon.org
Haskell eXchange 2021
November 15th-17th, 2021
skillsmatter.com/haskellx2021
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