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<dthompson>ArneBab: yes, that's correct.
<dthompson>we are imitating gcc here, with separate -g and -f options
<ArneBab>dthompson: the repl on https://www.draketo.de/software/programming-scheme now works again -- I still have to test whether there are still missing pieces.
<ArneBab>… to evaluate all code snippets in the book.
<dthompson>glad it works again
<dthompson>not much was added in this release in terms of guile compatibility so probably the same stuff that didn't work in 0.8.0 doesn't work in 0.9.0
<jfred>Huh. I haven't been able to track down exactly why this is happening, but `hoot repl` on 0.9.0 still reports itself as 0.8.0: https://paste.sr.ht/~jfred/85e8fc6cbc3a9ea4a85bb15c1ebe871a45829313
<jfred>which is bizarre because both `dispatch-help` in `bin/hoot.in` and `welcome` in `hoot/repl.scm` pull that value from %version, so... they should be the same?
<fantazo>oh my... I read cwebber 's comment about Bun and their delusional take on things and I want to unsee what I have seen. how on earth can be people like this.
<dthompson>yeah the whole bun situation is a mess
<identity>fantazo: what is the context?
<dthompson>identity: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1tcrmjs/rewrite_bun_in_rust_has_been_merged/
<dthompson>Bun, owned by Anthropic, has been rewritten from Zig to Rust entirely using Claude
<identity>and cwebber's comment?
<dthompson>I haven't seen it, personally
<dthompson>I don't see a new comment from today but she posted this last week https://social.coop/@cwebber/116522889714585276
<dthompson>this was when the vibecoded rewrite was "just" an experimental branch that the author was telling everyone to calm down about
<fantazo>dthompson: well, "just calm down" sounds different than this one: https://xcancel.com/jarredsumner/status/2048434628248359284 this is just bat shit crazy.
<identity>somebody in the comments: «See also their vibe coded browser.»; glad to live under a rock, their vibe-coded what?
<dthompson>fantazo: yeah that is some unhinged stuff
<fantazo>maybe it's a blessing to be currently unemployed as a programmer. no one is shoving AI agents down my throat and says "and now say that was yummy and mmm" when you know it's a shit sandwhich.
<dthompson>this has been my spouse's view for the moment
<kestrelwx>dthompson: I've heard of the acqusition of Bun by Anthropic, but not of the rewrite. The rewrite is very funny.
<kestrelwx>Space heating is the future.
<ArneBab>dthompson: define-record-type unlocks new kinds of code. And (define-syntax-rule (import args ...) (use-modules args ...)) helps that more r7rs code runs.
<dthompson>👍