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Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...
Communications of the ACM

The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure

LLVM powers the core development tools, operating systems, and most applications at Apple Computer, where it long ago ...
InfoQ

Million PDFs: Building a Modern Document Infrastructure with Rust and Typst

Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain of legacy PDF generation in regulated banking and manufacturing. He explains how ...

In Test: Elixir's 1.20 New Intelligent Type System

Report do def user_age_to_string(user) do Integer.to_string(user.age) end end # An anderer Stelle im Projekt: Report.user_age_to_string(%{age: "42"}) Integer.to_string/1 is Elixir's usual notation for ...
Christianity Today

To Write Well Is Human

Using AI to write is a disordered and deforming means of fulfilling a good desire. The church must offer something better. A major publisher recently pulled a new novel for a novel reason: a strong ...
Reuters

Colbert to co‑write new ‘Lord of the Rings’ film after late-night show ends

LOS ANGELES, March 25 (Reuters) - Stephen Colbert is heading to Middle‑earth. The comedian announced in a video posted Tuesday that following the end of his 11‑year run as host of CBS's "The Late Show ...
nerdist

Stephen Colbert to Write Next THE LORD OF THE RINGS Movie

The Lord of the Rings superfan Stephen Colbert will co-write the franchise’s next big screen movie based on the first six chapters in Fellowship. Stephen Colbert’s time as a late night host is coming ...
CNN

Stephen Colbert to write next ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie after leaving late night

Stephen Colbert already has a new job lined up for when he ends his 11-year run as host of “The Late Show” in May – the comedian and well-known J.R.R. Tolkien superfan announced he will co-write and ...
The New York Times

I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.

Mr. Berset is the secretary general of the Council of Europe. When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago, I did not think that I would ever have to write ...
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Java Holds No 3 in Tiobe Index as C# Wins 2025 Programming Language of the Year

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...
Commercial Appeal

Did Elvis write any songs? A look at the King's 'co-writing' credits

Did Elvis Presley write any of his own songs? The answer to this is yes and no. Officially, Elvis is listed as a co-writer on a number of songs from the early part of his career, sharing credit with ...
Inc

The Structure of This Sentence Is a Dead Giveaway That AI Wrote It

But what if the biggest giveaway that a text was written by AI isn’t a word, phrase, or punctuation mark, but a particular sentence structure instead? The idea that certain rhythms of sentences might ...