doesn’t think JDK1.5 is so scary. Maybe he’s right, but…
Archive for June, 2003
[Revised Opinion] JDK1.5 not so scary… but update those coding standards
# 2003-06-17 09:50:34 -0400 | Java | 3 CommentsYou know you’re a nerd when….
# 2003-06-16 16:39:46 -0400 | Java | 5 CommentsYou know you’re a nerd when you use vi/perl substitution commands to fix your spelling mistakes in an instant-messenger chat:
Real Life Redux: I blog therefore I catch-up-with-friends?
# 2003-06-16 15:09:54 -0400 | General | 1 CommentI got an email JohnnyL, an old work-mate, today: Hi Matt, how are you? I read your blog every now and then so live in a vague state of thinking that I talk to you more often than I do :) LOL. This kinda works in reverse. Upon occasion, I’ve [...]
I haven’t typed an import statement in over a year
# 2003-06-16 11:49:30 -0400 | Java | 5 CommentsI’m reading The Pragmatic Programmer at the moment. Chapter 3 has a section about using power-editors; it has an example showing how easy it is to sort lines of the import section of a Java file in Emacs or vi. Reading that felt strange. I remember doing the same thing in Emacs before, but I use IntelliJ IDEA for Java files now. But [...]
Fw: .Net is I.T. ‘asbestos’, and Enterprise software on a PC is a “known bad thing”
# 2003-06-06 21:43:14 -0400 | Java | No Commentsvia CNET, via Jim Fenner. Mostly just FUD, but this time spread by PeopleSoft and not Microsoft. But still, couldn’t pass up some good Microsoft bashing.
wx4j: Finally, a wxWindows wrapper for Java
# 2003-06-06 08:39:21 -0400 | Java | No Commentshttp://www.wx4j.org/ (via here) In the back of my mind, I’ve had a pet-project to write a Java wrapper for wxWindows, because wxWindows is pretty cool. But (thankfully) Dave Dribin has beaten me to it.
Another new Java language feature in Tiger… varags!
# 2003-06-05 17:39:24 -0400 | Java | 2 CommentsThere is yet another new Java language feature, that is neither JSRs 14 nor 201.
Python is slithering onto my radar, again
# 2003-06-04 11:50:36 -0400 | Java | 4 CommentsI’ve written maybe 10 “real” Python programs. Not “real-world” in the sense that they were used in commercial applications, but “real” in the sense that they were completed programs, often “glue” programs, that solved a real problem (often just a problem for me or my work mates). That probably includes about 2 or 3 Jython programs. But I now-days, I [...]
Java becoming a LanguageForSmartPeople, not a LanguageForTheMasses?
# 2003-06-03 20:29:17 -0400 | Java | 6 CommentsI’m in the processes of wading through the language changes in the new JDK 1.5 early access compiler. I’ve always enjoyed a reputation as a language lawyer, so I probably have a brain that is geared towards understanding new syntaxes and languages. In fact, I’m really interested in what are often considered “hard” languages, like Lisp and Dylan. So when I [...]