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9fwfj9ron A grounded conceptual model for ownership types in Rust

This is a good article, but the arrows in the table are a bit confusing at first glance.

9fwfj9ron Consequences of passing too few register parameters to a C function

I regard this yet another unintuitive Itanium quirk that makes it failed.

So it's basically failing on - necessary atomicity for filesystem operation - annoying path & string encoding - inertia for historical behaviors

9fwfj9ron OpenAI misses revenue, is the AI bubble bursting?

OpenAI had worse models (GPT 5.2 and 5.4) at that time. But now the tables have turned. Would Anthropic face a similar situation since Opus 4.7 falls below expectations?

9fwfj9ron Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters

Those interested in this type of work can also visit https://cfallin.org/blog/2024/08/28/weval/. The difference is that they use this technique to derive an AOT compiler.

9fwfj9ron Servo is now available on crates.io

It's a great move. The early development of Rust aimed to support Servo. However, it's still disappointing that the script engine uses SpiderMonkey, which is purely C++.

9fwfj9ron Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice

Keychron's firmwares are not fully opensourced. This makes me hesitant to buy one.