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OpenAI says GPT-6 is much better with legacy programming languages such as COBOL and Fortran

OpenAI improved its latest models for low-resource programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. On the new MultiLangBench, GPT-6 Astra hits an 87.4 percent test pass rate across 20 ...
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87.4% average across 20 languages in the SQLite implementation test

OpenAI has released results for MultiLangBench, which asks models to build a SQLite-compatible engine in 20 languages, and ...
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Switch 2 Games List: Build a Tracker in 12 Steps [2026]

Build a Python tracker for the Nintendo Switch 2 games list: scrape, dedupe, alert on new releases, and export a shareable ...

Practice: Digital Work Instruction and Checklist Application Built with Python

In factories, manufacturing sites, and equipment maintenance operations, the reliable execution and recording of tasks are ...

Backups must be restored and verified—I measured the conditions under which SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL fail to restore and created a verification script

When judging whether a backup can be restored based solely on exit codes and integrity checks, I found conditions in SQLite, ...