Updates for Swift, Scala, and more FP news | Lambda World News
by Jason McClellan
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- September 13, 2021
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- swift• rust• scala• kotlin• http4k• 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
Swift 5.4.3 for Linux and Windows
| Swift 5.4.3 for Linux and Windows was just released. Check out the release notes here: Announcing Swift 5.4.3 for Linux and Windows
Rust 1.55.0
| A new version of Rust was recently announced. Version 1.55.0 adds new language features and improvements. This release is also dedicated to Anna Harren, a Rust community member who recently passed away after living with cancer. The release announcement is here: Announcing Rust 1.55.0
Scala 3.0.2
| Scala 3.0.2 is out, adding better null safety, improved semicolon insertion, and much more. Read all about it here: Scala 3.0.2 Released!
http4k 4.12.1.0
| A new update to http4k was recently released. Check out the changelog to see what’s new in this functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications: http4k 4.12.1.0
SUGGESTED READS
Functional Programming in Kotlin by Marco Vermeulen, Rúnar Bjarnason, and Paul Chiusano
UPCOMING EVENTS
RustConf
September 14th, 2021
rustconf.com
ElixirConf
October 12th-13th, 2021
elixirconf.com
Scale By The Bay
October 28th-29th, 2021
www.scale.bythebay.io
ScalaCon
November 2nd-5th, 2021
scalacon.org
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