Sunday, 9 November 2008

Java language change - Unique identifier strings

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This last week I've been refactoring some old code in my day job to simplify some very crusty code. One of the parts of the refactor ha...
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Thursday, 23 October 2008

Life in the Fan lane - less NPEs

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Since I last blogged I've been contributing to the development of the Fan Fantom language through lots of discussions. One of the lat...
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Friday, 20 June 2008

Friday fun - Or is this a serious AJAX comment?

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This is a genuine street sign from Nelson, New Zealand. But perhaps its telling us that AJAX really is a dead end and we need something ...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Firefox download day farce - never ignore time zones!

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So, the big download Firefox world record attempt has started in a farce. Why? Because of a complete lack of understanding of and planning...
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Thursday, 12 June 2008

The Fantom language - Is it JavaNG?

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For many moons there have been discussions about what we need to do to 'fix' Java. But what might the language look like if we appl...
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Friday, 2 May 2008

Enhancing Java - Multi-lingual blocks

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The reality for Java is that there are many other programming languages, and many of those have features that Java developers sometimes wis...
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Monday, 28 April 2008

Plans for JavaOne

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Just a quick post to outline my plans for JavaOne. I'll be in San Francisco from Sunday, so I expect I'll be picking up my pass t...