I heard about this a few days ago from Slashdot, but wanted to wait to get excited until I saw an official announcement
The major updates are some minor added SQL features, particularly UNION, some performance features, like query caching, the InnoDB table type is now included as standard, and there were architectural changes to support neat new features for the future, like subqueries for version 4.1. Ooh, and stored procedures and foreign key constraints for version 5.
Via Bill, check out moreCrayons, "colors for web designers". Lets you play with the 4096 color palette, rather than just the 216 color palette. So that's every color with the "short" form, #000 to #fff.
Via Artima.com, IBM developerWorks: Java theory and practice: To mutate or not to mutate?
Immutable objects have a number of properties that make working with them easier, including relaxed synchronization requirements and the freedom to share and cache object references without concern for data corruption. While immutability may not necessarily make sense for all classes, most programs have at least a few classes that would benefit from being immutable. In this month's Java theory and practice, Brian Goetz explains some of the benefits of immutability and some guidelines for constructing immutable classes.
The Minotaur project has been launched. Read the announcement.
Our goal is to produce a cross-platform stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. We are modeling ourselves after the Phoenix rewrite of the Mozilla browser.
Hopefully they'll produce something good and I'll finally be able to switch away from a Microsoft e-mail program. Just a disclaimer: I hate the e-mail program built into Mozilla right now (really only because of how the folders are set up), so we'll see if they can win me over.
Via LtU, these look like very interesting notes on Algorithmic Information Theory.
Most work on computational complexity is concerned with time. However this course will try to show that program-size complexity, which measures algorithmic information, is of much greater philosophical significance.
Check out this helpful list of guidelines for writing papers (PDF).
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
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