Monthly Archives: May 2009

JavaOne (and CommunityOne!)

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 18, 2009

It’s getting to be a bit late in the game, but if you’re not up for the price tag on JavaOne, you should definitely consider CommunityOne — it’s free, and gives access to the JavaOne Pavilion and the General Sessions. For my part as a member of the “Blogging Press Corps”, here is what you [...]

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Story Slam: “Achilles’ Heel”

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 18, 2009

I’m on the bonus track of a Story Slam on “Achille’s Heel”. The story (starts at ~12:30) is about my Grandpa Bob’s funeral. It’s funny, I promise.

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Scala is Not a Functional Programming Language

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 14, 2009

Having now worked a fair amount with Scala, I can now unequivocally make this assertion: Scala is not a functional programming language. It is a statically typed object oriented language with closures. So, I’d appreciate it if people would stop the bogus sales pitch.

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I’m on WebDevGeekly #13

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 11, 2009

Okay, no, this blog is not turning into me just pimping me all the time. But with No Fluff cranking up and my blogging hiatus still on (notwithstanding Why the Daily Show Draws More People Than the 6 o’Clock News), there’s a lot of announcements that I want to share with the wider audience. The [...]

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What killed Lisp could kill Haskell as well.

By Brian Hurt | Published: May 9, 2009

As you listen to the video, I want you to do the following: when he says “Smalltalk”, think “Lisp”. When he says “Ruby”, think “Haskell”. And when he says “Test Driven Development/Design”, think “Static Typing”.

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