http://www.artima.com/weblogs/ Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=285952 Tim Bray's WideFinder project is to write a simple log-file parsing program that runs fast on modern CPUs with low clock rates but many cores. I decided to tackle it with the newest Heron release (version 1.0 Alpha 2). http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=284730 In 25 years or so, we'll look at the current morass as only a small step above assembly-language programming. Here's what I think programming will be like then. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=284558 Over five years ago I started talking about Heron on Artima.com. After several re-designs, and many side adventures, I am finally making the first Alpha release of version 1.0 of the Heron interpreter. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=283925 A participant in a recent writing workshop used this phrase to describe what her executive clients hoped for. That sudden flash of insight is what I'm looking for, too. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=282344 This book should be required reading for anyone considering business school. By methodically exposing their extremely shaky foundations, it strongly suggests they are doing far more harm than good. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281754 Apparently the founder of Kayak.com does this, in an attempt to not only prevent poisonous people from destroying teams, but to go in the other direction and create exceptional teams. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281528 Just over a year ago, James Ward & I published "First Steps in Flex." Our goal was to make Flex easy by creating the shortest examples and chapters we could, to give you just enough to get started. We've just finished making free screencasts of all the chapters in the book. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281127 This essay is intended for Python programmers wanting to understand the concept of cooperative inheritance and the usage of super. It does not require any previous reading. The target is Python 3.0, since it has a nicer syntax for super, even if most of what I say here can be backported down to Python 2.2. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281160 Scala pattern matchers with side effects can have unexpected results in for expressions. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281005 I think my subconscious mind has been figuring this out over the past number of years. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=280996 The Java Posse Roundup Early-Bird pricing expires January 31 -- that's this Sunday. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=280869 We're cranking out MBAs 10x faster than we did 10 years ago. Is there any real value in an MBA, or is it just an irresistible money-mill for universities? I'm reading a book that makes a rather strong case that all management is built on illusions. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=279897 A short response to Tim Bray's recent blog post, Doing it Wrong. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=278900 This year's conference will be March 16-19, with a free "Alternative Languages Hackathon Day" on March 15. It's during ski season in Crested Butte, CO, and also during a spring break so register and get your lodging early! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=278567 In a previous weblog a suggestion for reifying lambda types was given. The previous weblog give examples but no formal description of the process. This weblog gives a more formal description.