Reverting is tough. There’s no doubt about it! I don’t mean tough as in technically challenging — no, version control systems make this easy! I mean tough as in mentally challenging. You’re faced with days or weeks of effort going down the drain, and you have to decide when to pull the plug. Sure, . . . → Read More: What Kind of Revert are You?
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Some languages are complex, others are simple … right? C++ versus just about anything else is a good example here. But, it begs the question: what makes a language complex? So, I’ve just been reading Bruce Eckel’s Artima article on Scala. It’s actually a nice article, and I enjoyed it. But, one thing bugged . . . → Read More: Language Complexity? I’ve been doing a bit of JavaScript programming recently, and I came up with the “Creature Playground” (which is primarily aimed at teaching). The full version is here. But, here’s a little taster (click on “Create” a few times): Oh No! Your web-browser does not appear to support the HTML 5 Canvas. Sorry, . . . → Read More: JavaScript Playground Whilst I think the [[Java Virtual Machine]] is generally speaking a fantastic piece of kit, there is one thing that I really hate about it: I can’t stop threads!!! Sure, there’s a method called Thread.stop() … but it’s deprecated. There’s even a whole article devoted to why it should be deprecated. Great. That’s just . . . → Read More: One Thing I Really Hate About the JVM |
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