Tag: Language Design
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The Go 1.23 Iterator Design: Balancing Simplicity and Utility
In software engineering, simplicity often comes at the cost of flexibility, and the design of iterators in Go 1.23 is a perfect example. As the community gears up for the release of this new feature, opinions are polarized. Some see it as a necessary step to modernize the language, while others see it as a…
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Enhancing Rust’s Calling Convention: A Path to More Efficient Abstraction Handling
The ongoing exploration into Rust’s calling conventions significantly underscores the language’s quest for robustness in managing abstractions without conceding performance. Often juxtaposed with Swift’s more flexible handling of similar challenges, Rust’s current paradigm shows both formidable strengths and evident limitations. Swift’s adoption of a stable application binary interface (ABI) for dynamic linking showcases a motivated…