Archive for May, 2003

BMC’s four rules for meeting attendence

# 2003-05-30 08:41:53 -0400 | Java | 1 Comment

BMC has posted some of his thoughts on meetings. I used to work with BMC, and meetings never did seem to get in our way.

New JDK1.5 early-access compiler, and “variance” in Generics

# 2003-05-29 16:26:05 -0400 | Java | 5 Comments

Just spotted the new JDK1.5 early-access compiler. This release adds support for the new JSR201 features (new “for each” loop, autoboxing, etc.). It also adds experimental “variance” support to Generics (this is not part of JSR14, it’s just an experiment). Adding variance support to Generics solves some nitty-gritty annoyances in JSR14… but oh boy… if you thought Generics was [...]

Back from holiday

# 2003-05-28 11:31:55 -0400 | General | No Comments

I’m back from holiday (or ‘vacation’ if you prefer), in case you were wondering why I haven’t blogged for a while. Went to Italy for 3 weeks, and London for a week (for brother-in-law’s Wedding). This was my first time in Europe. I’m from Australia, where no building is more than 200 years old. So seeing something like the Roman Pantheon, a [...]