Stuff and things: Archive

May 31, 2008

May 12, 2008

“Because we all know that C++ has some very serious problems, that organizations, you know, put hundreds of staff years into fixing. Portability across compiler upgrades, across platforms, I mean the list goes on and on and on. C++ is like an evolutionary sort of dead-end. But, you know, it’s fast, right?” —Steve Yegge

May 12, 2008

Alfred made his escape via a glass and the window. Probably off to serve some other pseudo-superhero.

May 11, 2008

A spider has been sitting up on various positions on my bedroom wall for about a week now. I’m considering taking him (I have, somewhat arbitrarily, decided it’s a “him”) on as staff; his gusto is admirable.

I shall name him Alfred, and together we shall fight crime.

May 10, 2008

Don’t let the title fool you, this is a really neat run-down of how the JVM works in some situations, and how dynamic languages can be optimised for it.

May 4, 2008

Stuff and things

May 2008

7 posts