Archive: September 19, 2005

Monday, September 19, 2005

1. JRX: real-time JavaScript RegExp evaluator - cuneytyilmaz.com, via Alex. Rock!! Much like The Regex Coach, but in Javascript.

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Talk like a pirate day!

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1. Just noticed while watching the video that Hejlsberg has the REBOL book on his shelf. Rock.

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2. Just learned about The Q language from Chris. It's the newest version of K (and used to be called K4). Here's a post about it by Simon Garland.

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3. Carl Sassenrath: Is REBOL a Pure Functional Language?:

   In the realm of computer science, there is the concept of functional languages or functional programming. It is sometimes debated whether REBOL falls into that category. As the designer of REBOL, I think I can help clarify the debate: REBOL is not a pure functional language (PFL). And, to be precise: it was not intended to be.

   To finish reading.

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4. kaourantin.net: Microsoft Sparkle, Via Chris:

   I am currently attending the PDC 2005 in Los Angeles and the big news for me is obviously Microsoft Sparkle. One word summarizes my reaction: Respect. Not only did they make a demo, they even offer a hands on lab where you can try it out yourself.

   Chris has some more posts on Sparkle. Don't quite get what it is yet.

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5. Bill Gates on less code:

   There's only really one metric to me for future software development, which is -- do you write less code to get the same thing done?

   Less code baby! Via Chris.

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6. I love when Slava rips Java:

   When solving the simplest problems entails copying and pasting large segments of code, generating getters and setters with IDE wizards, and so on, its no wonder Java advocates boast about how Java is used to write large programs. There is simply no other way to do anything non-trivial in Java.

   Also see this post. Oooh, and this one. Ah, and this one from a while ago about the HotSpot compiler.

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