Illegal Argument #5
Episode #5 of our new java podcast Illegal Argument is has been posted focusing on language diversity and Microsoft's new Axum programming language, static vs dynamic templates and much more.
Comments (0) . Sunday, 17 May 2009
How I Got Started in Software Development
Earlier in the week Nic Wise pinged me on the How I got started in software development meme, I'd been meaning to post my entry sooner but ended up getting sidetracked.
How old were you when you started programming?
Way way way back in the da
Comments (2) . Sunday, 20 July 2008
If Smalltalk is dead - why is it my most read post?
Somehow I topped 2gb of traffic on the blog this month so I went in search of my stats, unfortunately I found nothing which highlighted any untoward usage, but I did find that my most read blog post is for that dead language Smalltalk:
If Smalltalk
Comments (3) . Tuesday, 1 July 2008
A Little Head Trauma...: Returning None is Evil
Via Cedric's blog I came upon Marty Alchin's post on the perils of returning None or Null from your methods:
That is, of course, until you try to use your shiny, newly-retrieved object. Java then falls over itself and dies a horrifically painful d
Comments (2) . Thursday, 22 November 2007
The Power of Smalltalk IDE's
So it seems that every man and his dog is commenting on the power of Smalltalk IDEs in response to Cedric's interview with Vanguard Technologies.Now I'll admit that Cedric is partially wrong, and that all the Smalltalkers are right, Blaine Buxton wri
Comments (4) . Sunday, 11 December 2005
Dolphin Smalltalk 6 now available!
Congrats to the boys and girls at Object Arts for the release of Dolphin Smalltalk 6 - and special congratulations for a full swath of documentation.Now where was that purchase request form?
Comments (0) . Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Planet Smalltalk
Just came across Planet Smalltalk ( rss feed ) - a good common phone for all blogs Smalltalk ( which seem to be popping up all over the place now ).
Comments (0) . Monday, 7 February 2005
Smalltalk - Self Modifying code
In this wee Smalltalk application I'm writing I'm pulling out the version number to use as a custom header in SMTP messages, it's a small thing, but the code I was using was:SessionManager current versionInfo productVersionStringWhich is all well and
Comments (0) . Friday, 3 December 2004
Dear Java, I need closure....
I'm sitting here having on of those "enlightened" moments when you suddenly grok the power of something, in this case its closures/blocks. I've been loving the power and flexability Smalltalk's blocks provide for sometime now, and whilst J
Comments (5) . Thursday, 25 November 2004
Re: Unit tests, Refactoring not Edit and Continue
As with everyone in the blogging world I noticed all the announcements over the new "Edit & Continue" functionality in C#, Sam Gentile's says:
As a C# MVP, I am obligated to tell you that Edit & Continue is in C# now in this build regardless of my
Comments (2) . Wednesday, 20 October 2004