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Optimizing Haskell compiler jhc 0.8.1 is out

A new version of the jhc optimizing haskell compiler has been released with a new licence, new libraries, and lots of improvements.

Posted 11 May 2014 † John Meacham § Release Announcement ‡ Comments (3) °

newtype in C, a touch of strong typing using compound literals.

The ISO C 99 standard is a great thing. In addition to desperately needed things like a dedicated bool type and codifying a lot of universally implemented extensions to the language, it added some more subtle things such as compound literals. A compound literal allows you to use a C struct or union as an […]

Posted 17 April 2009 † John Meacham § C § Programming ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , , ,