For the longest time, I’ve been happily deluding myself that the ++ operator is atomic in Java. I tried never to give it much thought because I wanted it to be atomic. But those blissful days are over.
Monthly Archives: July 2003
Matt’s first law of software complexity
July 25, 2003 – 10:26 am
Complexity is conserved by abstractions.
When Java is dead
July 23, 2003 – 12:37 am
Could a programming language last “forever”? What about a thousand years? How long do you think Java will last?
Tomcat’s hind leg
July 14, 2003 – 6:01 am
Is that Tomcat’s hind leg… or something else. You decided. (from here)
‘javadoc’ for tag libs (and other CoolStuff at developer.sun.com)
July 2, 2003 – 1:58 am
Sometimes I feel I just can’t keep up with all the things that are going on with Java. Okay, I know I can’t keep up with it. Like today, I found this Cool Stuff page at Sun (has a ‘shaking’ logo and all) (via this post to sjug-announce). TLDDoc: Javadoc for your taglibs. (I once [...]
