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    Thoreau BASIC reimagines a world where BASIC stayed in fashion▼Show HN: Thoreau BASIC – What if BASIC hadn't gone out of fashion?YhnLifeFashion396 min ago

    A developer has launched Thoreau BASIC, a programming language project posing a counterfactual question: what if BASIC had never fallen out of fashion? The project, shared on Hacker News, has drawn modest engagement from programmers nostalgic for the language that taught generations to code, with discussion centered on its design and retro-computing appeal.

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    Zig releases version 0.17.0●Zig v0.17.0YhnWorldElections26314 min ago

    The Zig programming language project has published version 0.17.0, with full release notes available on the official Zig website. Developers are discussing the update across technical forums, weighing what the new version changes for the systems programming language and its growing community.

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    Expanded international coalition reaffirms UN resolutions against Iran●An expanded international coalition reaffirms its commitment to implementing UN Security Council resolutions against Iran✉newsWorldUnited Nationsjust now

    An expanded international coalition has reaffirmed its commitment to implementing UN Security Council resolutions against Iran. The statement signals continued coordination among participating states on enforcement of measures tied to Iran's nuclear program. Arabic-language media in the Gulf are carrying the news, and the declaration is being read as a show of unity regarding Iran's compliance with international obligations.

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    RacketCon Takes Place This Saturday●RacketCon Is SaturdayYhnSportCricket15838 min ago

    RacketCon 2025, the annual conference for the Racket programming language, is scheduled for Saturday. The event brings together users and developers of Racket for talks and community discussions, with details available on the conference site. Community members are spreading the word ahead of the date.

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    Rhun, an open-source code editor written entirely in assembly●Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assemblyYhnCultureMusic6231 min ago

    A developer going by vladcodes has released Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly language. The project is being shared with the programming community, who are discussing the unusual choice to build a modern editor at such a low level, a task most developers would consider impractical.

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    José Martinez leads bilingual story time at Reading Library book fair●✉newsCultureBooks28 min ago

    José Martinez led a bilingual story time session at the Reading Library book fair, reading to children and families in two languages. The event is part of the library's book fair programming, which aims to promote literacy and celebrate the community's diverse linguistic background through shared storytelling.

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    Developer builds a functional programming language over simple arithmetic●Needed 1+1, built a functional programming languageYhnTechnologySoftware1511 h ago

    A developer has written about setting out to do something as simple as adding one plus one and ending up building a full functional programming language instead. The blog post, shared on Hacker News, recounts the project and has drawn engagement from the programming community, with readers discussing the familiar phenomenon of scope creep in side projects and the appeal of building languages from scratch.

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    AI Coding Agents Challenge Rust's Top Spot in Programming●𝕏xSE2K1 h ago

    Discussion is growing around whether AI coding agents could displace Rust from its position as the most admired programming language. Developers are debating whether AI-assisted tools favor more established languages like Python and JavaScript, or whether Rust's safety guarantees remain valuable even when much code is written by machines. The conversation reflects wider uncertainty about how AI will reshape language popularity.

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