Io.js 1.0 beta lands
Io.js is the spork of Node.js which is trying to put features the developers think have languished too long in development hell into a production codebase. We talked about it at the end of last year. Well, now there’s something tangible – a 1.0.0 in development release. What thats means is, top of the list, ES6 support with generators, templates and new string methods and more. Boom, huge improvement in JavaScript for developers living the Node thing. Io.js is all unstable at the moment but its already moving at a pace. There’s a further list of changes between Node.js 0.10.35 and io.js 1.0.0. One can only hope this helps leapfrog forward the entire Node development process.
FreeBSD sets sail
FreeBSD hasn’t been out in the clouds that much but that may be changing. DigitalOcean has announced FreeBSD on their cloud and thats a company who has till now only done Linux as their OS. Someone quickly posted the Dmesg output to show it was a real thing too. This could be a very special year for FreeBSD.
6502 Basic
This takes me back – the source code for Microsoft’s Basic for 6502 is now available. Written in MACRO-10 assembler so the PDP-10 could compile it, Paul Allen made macros to turn make the MACRO-10 engine handle 6502 assembly. That is some fine work. Now… where is that wait 6502,255 code… the associated article tells all and explains how it works.
PS: Regular visitors might notice the look of the site has changed. We’re experimenting with something a little fresher and we’d love to know what you think.
Codescaling 