*Update on the Mu computer*
Mu now has support for Unicode. Just graphemes that map to single code points; no combining characters.
Mu also is starting to gain a fake screen that (interactive) programs can print to in tests.
Here's how it looks: https://archive.org/details/akkartik-2min-2020-09-02
Strings are arrays of bytes. To iterate over the graphemes in a string, store it in a stream and read graphemes from the stream.
*Update on the Mu computer's memory-safe language*
Mu now type-checks calls to functions implemented in unsafe SubX machine code. I have to provide signatures explicitly, and they look like this:
RT @BMorearty@twitter.com
Recently I tried @excalidraw@twitter.com & was stunned to see it open/save a file almost like a normal app. No upload/download.
In the commits I saw @tomayac@twitter.com had added this capability using Native Filesystem API.
In this #webdevlive talk he shows how to use the API. https://youtu.be/r3QPKK0JPtI?t=5958
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BMorearty/status/1278357802969260032
I'm a regular used of `hexdump` to view an hexadecimal dump of a file.
But I wasn't aware of the `hexcurse` hexadecimal *editor*.
https://www.maketecheasier.com/using-hex-editor-linux
#hexcurse #ghex #hexadecimal #editor #linux
The origins of the phrase, "up to snuff" 🤣
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