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Functional (Meta)?Programming Stunts for Ruby and Groovy (and a Little Perl)

By Robert Fischer | June 24th, 2008
After I learned OCaml, my coding mindset was totally distorted. I started writing Java code that looked like this: public [...]
Posted in Groovy, Perl, Ruby/JRuby | Also tagged , , , | 6 Comments

My Frustrations with REXML: Ruby’s Standard Library for Reading/Writing XML

By Robert Fischer | March 24th, 2008
So, I'm trying to do a little bit of XML reading/writing with Ruby. I used REXML, and the pain pissed me off enough to share my frustrations with the world. Hopefully someone can avoid the pain and suffering I put up with.
Posted in Classic, Ruby/JRuby | Also tagged , | 30 Comments

My Newest Insight into the Generics Controversy

By Robert Fischer | May 17th, 2007
Okay, I’ve had some quality time with Java5 at my newest gig, and I’m starting to understand the great controversy [...]
Posted in Classic, To Be Categorized | Also tagged , | 13 Comments

Implementation Exposure Through Inheritance

By Robert Fischer | February 17th, 2007
There's a bit of ugliness with object-oriented development which I keep encountering, so I'm wondering if any of the locals out there have a better solution. Specifically, my problem is that the inheritance relationship seems to be conflating two purposes in at least Java and CSharp.
Posted in Classic, To Be Categorized | Also tagged , | 7 Comments

C++ and Threading

By Brian Hurt | October 21st, 2006
I'm reading this post on the C++ committee's dealings on threading, and, I am pleased to announce, there is absolutely no chance what so ever of anything sane, workable, or sensible accidentally arising from these precedings.
Posted in Classic, Programming Language Punditry | Also tagged , | 26 Comments