CoderMerlin Courier 2020.12.15

From Coder Merlin
Within these castle walls be forged Mavens of Computer Science ...
— Merlin, The Coder
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CoderMerlin™ News - 15 December, 2020

Current Contests[edit]

Essay Writing Contest[edit]

Why is the primary role of technology to improve humanity? You can read more about the essay and prize: here.

Newly Installed and Updated Services[edit]

Swift Update[edit]

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Swift 5.3.2 is now available! You can read more about the update here.

Octave Available[edit]

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GNU Octave is now available! Octave is a Powerful mathematics-oriented syntax with built-in 2D/3D plotting and visualization tools. You can read more about Octave here.

Vapor Toolbox Available[edit]

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The Vapor Toolbox is now available! The Vapor Toolbox simplifies common command line tasks when using Vapor. You can read more about Vapor here.

ImageMagick Available[edit]

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Use ImageMagick® to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, GIF, HEIC, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves. You can read more about ImageMagick here.