Archive: September 11, 2005

Sunday, September 11, 2005

1. lgf: The Forbidden History (to read).

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2. I'm leeeeeving, on a jet plane. Don-know when I'll be back again.

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3. poker tech: Erlang vs. Java, via Chris Double:

   That's 600 LOC for Erlang vs. 3000 for Java. Why in the world would I spend the time to write all that Java code when I could be done in 1/5 of the time? I don't know, do you?

   Update: Here's part two.

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4. Java's checked exceptions:

   • Bruce Eckel: Does Java need Checked Exceptions?
   • Rod Waldhoff: Java's checked exceptions were a mistake (and here's what I would like to do about it)
   • Anders Hejlsberg: The Trouble with Checked Exceptions
   • Don Schwarz: Avoiding Checked Exceptions

   All to read.

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5. WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music, via Wes. The QuickTime samples don't work for me, and I can't download them either without paying money.

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