December 22nd, 2007
When we moved from C to C++, we were overjoyed that we no longer had to declare all of our variables at the top of the function.
do_something() {
int num = 0;
int another_num = 0;
num = get_a_num();
another_num = get_a_num();
}
We could instead declare them near the point of use, […]
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October 15th, 2007
At the Codehaus and at JBoss.org, I’ve continually come across Subversion repositories that needed to be split apart or merged, perhaps after converting from CVS. One problem you continually hit, particularly if you’re merging repositories, is the “date order of revisions” bug. Simply stated, if you create a new repository loaded from two […]
Posted in Codehaus, JBoss.ORG, Opensource, Ruby, Subversion, Tools | No Comments »
January 1st, 2007
Maybe I’ve been living in a hole, but I just found out about erubycon, the enterprise ruby conference. February 9-11, in Columbus, Ohio, of all places. Seems to include some reputable speakers.
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December 15th, 2006
Following on the heels of my last post, I’d like to announce the Ruby Underground. It’s simply a selective aggregator of Ruby blogger content. There’s already plenty of sources for generic ruby content. Tons of 20-something youngsters (yes, I’m old) are out there talking about Ruby on Rails and such.
The Ruby Underground […]
Posted in Blogging, Java, Ruby, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
September 26th, 2006
Recently I’ve been doing a fair amount of work in Ruby. And yes, I’ve felt super-productive. Particularly compared to Java.
The downside of working in Java is the 100% Pure Java(tm) mentality. In the search for a clean and cohesive system, we take the attitude that if it’s not pure Java, it’s crap. […]
Posted in Day Job, Java, Ruby, Technology, Tools | 3 Comments »