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Ruby ☛ Ruby 3.4.8 Released
Ruby 3.4.8 has been released.
Please refer to the release notes on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub for further details. Ruby 3.4.9 is scheduled for February.
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Python
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Linux.org ☛ Python Series Part 21: Tkinter Entry Widgets - Part 1
When programming, sometimes you will want to let the user enter or change text. You can use the Entry widget just for that purpose. Keep in mind that only one line of text can be in the Entry object.
For most programs, this can be a very important widget to use.
Before we get to changing the 'look' of the entry box and its contents, we need to understand the methods used to manage the information in the Entry object.
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Rust
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Rust Blog ☛ The Rust Programming Language Blog: Project goals update — November 2025
The Rust project is currently working towards a slate of 41 project goals, with 13 of them designated as Flagship Goals. This post provides selected updates on our progress towards these goals (or, in some cases, lack thereof). The full details for any particular goal are available in its associated tracking issue on the rust-project-goals repository.
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I Programmer ☛ Rust For Linux No Longer Experimental [Ed: Experimental still, just not formally, the kernel will become less reliable]
Linux maintainers attending the Linux Kernel Maintainers Summit have said that Rust in the Linux kernel should no longer be treated as experimental, but rather as a core part of the kernel.
In practical terms, the change to Rust in the kernel no longer being experimental is simply a matter of removing "The Rust experiment" section of the kernel's documentation.
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