blog: "Bye-bye Elvis" — the tFixedArray farewell post#3113
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Also backtick das_sort<T> in do-u-even-sort — build_blog.py passes raw HTML through, so the browser swallowed <T> as an unknown tag and the published post rendered "vs das_sort)". Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds a new daScript blog post describing the historical issues around fixed arrays and generics (the “Bye-bye Elvis” / Type::tFixedArray story), and fixes a rendering issue in an existing sorting-related post where das_sort<T> was being interpreted as HTML.
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- Added a new post:
elvis-have-left-the-building.md. - Fixed markdown rendering in
do-u-even-sort.mdby backtickingdas_sort<T>.
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| File | Description |
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| site/blog/_posts/elvis-have-left-the-building.md | New blog post covering fixed-array/generics history and the motivation for the tFixedArray rework. |
| site/blog/_posts/do-u-even-sort.md | Wrapes das_sort<T> in backticks to prevent HTML parsing and restore correct rendering. |
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New post on the Type::tFixedArray rework — why
dimlived on the base type since before generics, whyauto(TT)resolving anint[4]tointwas wrong, and what made the transition finally affordable.Also fixes a rendering bug in the published
do-u-even-sortpost:build_blog.pypasses raw HTML through, so unbacktickeddas_sort<T>had its<T>swallowed by the browser as an unknown tag — the live page renders "vs das_sort)". Backticked it.🤖 Generated with Claude Code