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Dan Burton

@drb226

Haskeller, computer scientist, vocalist, pianist, gamer

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calendar_today02-06-2009 16:14:20

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Shriram Krishnamurthi (primary: Bluesky) (@shriramkmurthi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So please think about who is willing to take on that task over a long period of time. It doesn't require 100% effort for a decade, just asking every semester "what one thing can we improve now", and relentlessly asking that question. ↵

Dan Burton (@drb226) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#haskell package maintainers with stuff on Stackage, in case you haven't been properly notified, glance over this to see if any of your stuff has been removed in the nightly build switch from ghc 8.10 to ghc 9.0: stackage.org/diff/nightly-2…

Dan Burton (@drb226) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Are you a user of GHC's typed splices? Did GHC 9 break your code? Yes, I know, all three of the typed-splice-users are probably suffering from this problem. Here was the patch to fix it in my code. (I haven't touched this package's code in > 2 years.) github.com/DanBurton/yeso…

Ben Gamari (@bgamari) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recently we have seen a considerable number of GHC bug reports on Darwin due to incorrect foreign imports in libraries. I have written a post describing the problem and offering some advice to Haskellers binding to native libraries. In short: Use -XCapiFFI haskell.org/ghc/blog/20210…

Dan Burton (@drb226) 's Twitter Profile Photo

0x1 == 1 ; // => true '0x1' == 1 ; // => true 0x1 == '1'; // => true '0x1' == '1'; // => false Just a reminder that #JavaScript's automagical coercions aren't quite as simple as "stringify then compare".

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One way #haskell stack users can try out ghc-9.2.1-rc1 is by using custom setup info in stack.yaml. Some simple instructions to get you started (updated for 9.2.1-rc1): gist.github.com/DanBurton/277f…

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Is there a way for Docker & GHC to mix better than oil and water? Having Docker rebuild the whole package because one Haskell file has changed is really annoying.

Dan Burton (@drb226) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Slack is down. status.slack.com is hilariously also down. Maybe don't put both of those eggs in the same basket, slack.

gabby (@gabriellag439) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When signing an employment agreement, ask your employer to strike out wording that claims ownership over IP you create on your own time and equipment 🧵

Dan Burton (@drb226) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Copy/pasting & editing my tweet from the last time I updated this: One way #haskell stack users can try out ghc-9.4.1-rc1 is by using custom setup info in stack.yaml. Some simple instructions to get you started (updated for 9.4.1-rc1): gist.github.com/DanBurton/277f…