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🎉✨ Advent of Code on the Z-Machine: Because there's nothing quite like using 1979 tech to solve modern #puzzles, right? 🤔 Let's all gather 'round the virtual campfire and pretend this is a groundbreaking idea instead of a nostalgic nod to ancient programming relics. 📟💾
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Advent of Code on the Z-machine

Hacker News Nov 10

DEC64: Decimal Floating Point (2020)

https://www.crockford.com/dec64.html

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DEC64: Decimal Floating Point

Hacker News Sep 13, 2025

How Ruby executes JIT code

https://railsatscale.com/2025-09-08-how-ruby-executes-jit-code-the-hidden-mechanics-behind-the-magic/

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How Ruby Executes JIT Code: The Hidden Mechanics Behind the Magic

Where does JIT-compiled code live? How does Ruby switch between bytecode and native execution? Why does TracePoint slow everything down? This post answers the JIT questions most Ruby developers have but rarely see explained.

Rails at Scale

Hacker News Aug 30, 2025

The V Programming Language

https://vlang.io/

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