Posts for Java
Oracle vs Google - 2010 August 19
I’m not going to say much on this topic, except that I think software patents should die. However, Charlie Nutter—a fellow that I met at one of Python conferences—has quite ...
Nifty script to pick which JDK you want to use… - 2009 July 15
Charlie Nutter was kind enough to update pickjdk.sh to look in the right place for Mac OS X. Get it here.
Threads are Evil! - 2008 November 15
Myself and others have been talking about the problem that is threads quite a bit lately, and how bad they are as a tool for concurrency. What I didn’t realize ...
Where interfaces fall down… - 2007 November 16
A few of us at work are working on a fairly sizable equipment control application. Because various pieces of the equipment are pluggable and a single piece of equipment can ...
Java The Unfriendly… - 2007 November 07
I must preface this with saying that I don’t do much Java work. Perhaps it’s more friendly for a different domain of work, but at least for me I find ...