For many types of applications, at times it is necessary to pause the running of the program until some external condition occurs. You may need to wait until another thread finishes, or maybe until a new file appears in a directory on disk that is being w... (more…)

Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness,... (more…)

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This post originally appeared on Mario Pabon’s blog. So recently I began working at a little startup in New York City by the name of Underdog.io, where I discovered that they had a back-end written...

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