Abstract: History-driven testing techniques have been proven to be an effective method for detecting compiler bugs. It employs fuzzing history (e.g., historical test cases or historical execution ...

Holy*****, where has this been all year?

Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific "smarts" in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor. The new ...

Java on Visual Studio Code gets a new tool to its extension pack, while Java on Azure upgraded the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ and more in new regular updates for both properties. [Click on image for ...

If you thought grep was powerful, wait until you get a hold of ast-grep, which takes it to a whole new level.

Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have recently shown promise in compiler optimizations such as loop vectorization and memory access restructuring. However, due to their generative nature, ...

See the VS Code Tips wiki for a quick primer on getting started with VS Code. Setting up the JDK The extension requires JDK 17 or newer to run. Optionally, set a different JDK to compile and run ...

As an alternative to compiling Visual Basic programs from within Visual Studio, you can compile from the command line to produce executable (.exe) files or dynamic-link library (.dll) files. Compile ...