We’re joined by Louis Pilfold, creator of the Gleam programming language!
We discuss Gleam's inspiration, how it compares to other languages, where it shines, the overwhelming support Louis is getting through GitHub Sponsors & what’s next 🔮
If anyone in the #erlang community has been using the rich compiler error option in Rebar3 over the last year, I’m looking for any feedback or opposition before turning it on by default in the next release: https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/pull/2881
Been learning Erlang a lot at the same time (one could say...concurrently 🤪). Regarding syntax and language decisions, I find it much more approachable and consistent. Maybe more verbose (as the author of this book asserts), but I think I generally prefer that if we're not talking about extremes
A critical vulnerability, named BatBadBut, was discovered in the Rust programming language, affecting not just Rust but also Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby, and potentially others. This vulnerability, with a severity score of 10/10, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on Windows systems by exploiting how Rust handles batch files. The issue arises from Rust's standard library improperly escaping arguments when invoking batch files on Windows, leading to potential command injection. The vulnerability has been addressed with a fix in Rust version 1.77.2, which developers are urged to update to. Other programming languages and systems, including Node.js, PHP, and Java, are also affected and are working on patches.
I love the ideas in #Erlang, but I’ve never quite gelled with the language. So when I heard someone was porting the runtime to #OCaml, my ears pricked up.
Leandro Ostera joins me this week to explain how he's borrowing BEAM's best bits. 😅
Do you wish #Erlang had more #typesafety? Give #Gleam a try! A statically typed functional language, using the #Beam virtual machine, and compiles to either Erlang or JavaScript. Just hit version 1.0 at the start of March, so should be production ready. I don't write Erlang myself, but always interested in a JavaScript replacement.
Ah nice!
The Australians have published my presentation on Erlang tracing for Elixirists. I might do a blog post or recording about this but not sure. This introduces Entrace for those who want a soft intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLv_aQibpQ #elixir#erlang
Can the principles of moldable development be applied to Erlang? What would that look like? What is already there (good tooling for system insight, for instance)? #MoldableDevelopment#Erlang
Plan to stream about management of elixir projects with Guix in one hour and a half.
Will talk about transitive package management in general and why it's better not to package language-specific packages with Guix, will learn by example and clean up some tools we've made during the last month for Elixir in particular.