<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest Comments from www.talios.com</title><link>http://www.talios.com/</link><description>(Latest Comments) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 www.talios.com</copyright><generator>Mark Derricutt</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:19:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest Comments from www.talios.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://www.talios.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Does Your Team Have STDs?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/does_your_team_have_stds.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/does_your_team_have_stds.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Finding that middle ground between "bright and shiny" and "it was fine 5 years ago and I see no way to change the way I do it" seems all to tough.  One excuse I get hit with is that "we're too busy" to make changes, even as we repeat the same time wasters.  Pity.<br/>left by: Troy Brumley]]></description></item><item><title>Olympic Streaming</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/olympic_streaming.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/olympic_streaming.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:20:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The wallpaper came from http://flickr.com/photos/ipanemic/2633408871<br/>left by: Mark Derricutt]]></description></item><item><title>Olympic Streaming</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/olympic_streaming.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/olympic_streaming.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:49:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I think I like your wallpaper better than the Olympic coverage. More!<br/>left by: John Hurst]]></description></item><item><title>Google XML Pages</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/google_xml_pages.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/google_xml_pages.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Templates can easily be bundled"

Great idea! I never thought of this...<br/>left by: Ignacio Coloma]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I agree with Shams, and to continue I personally don't think it belongs in an OO Language like Java. I am still finding it pretty hard to figure out what benefits a closure provides over a simple private method....<br/>left by: Arconan]]></description></item><item><title>Simple Time Tracker redux</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/simple_time_tracker_redux.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/simple_time_tracker_redux.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Strange..  it works for me on my linux box, stupid computers.<br/>left by: Mark Derricutt]]></description></item><item><title>Simple Time Tracker redux</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/simple_time_tracker_redux.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/simple_time_tracker_redux.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Safari doesn't work for me either...<br/>left by: Lars Fischer]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:02:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The new anonymous method in Delphi has no relation to the .NET since Tiburon will be a release that will entirely focus on Win32.... It seams this is the first step towards a LINQ style enabling in both Win32 & .NET Delphi ...<br/>left by: El Cy]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Disclosure: I'm an engineer working on the Delphi compiler, and I've been primarily responsible for the implementation of anonymous methods (as we're calling our version of closures).

To clarify: anonymous methods are supported for Win32 only, using reference counting for state management (since closures can contain captured state).

@Charmless: Our anonymous methods are indeed full closures, and they capture state - it's just that this example doesn't show that.<br/>left by: Barry Kelly]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Delphi has had inner functions that can refer to their enclosing lexical scope since at least 5.0. Unfortunately, you couldn't take the address of them.<br/>left by: Chris]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It will be even better than you think.
Anonymous  method and generics will be added also to native Delphi (not Net version). 
So it is done without net vm help.<br/>left by: Filip]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[That example doesn't display use of closures. No state was carried by the method object - it didn't "close around" any values.<br/>left by: Charmless]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As far as I know closures in JAVA are now under discussion. And for know the inner class are used as some sort of closures.<br/>left by: Radoslav Stankov]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:58:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I'm skeptical about how useful closures will be after they are introduced in java. 
I'm afraid people will get carried away and misuse the feature, I have a similar feeling about java reflection.

P.S. What's with the red font color in the comment form?<br/>left by: Shams Mahmood]]></description></item><item><title>Pascal gets closures before java - why hasn&apos;t the world ended?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</guid><link>http://www.talios.com/pascal_gets_closures_before_java__why_hasnt_the_world_ende.htm#comments</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Closure is a cool feature. It has made a way to PHP 5.3 already.<br/>left by: pcdinh]]></description></item></channel></rss>