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Monthly Archives August 2009

Scala and actors

Programming with actors was a new concept to me until I tried it out in Scala. It’s appears to be one of Scala’s most celebrated features, judging by the official blurb. Actors was a daunting word at first but it really ends up being a very simple concept. Actors are a programming model for concurrent [...]

Posted 30 August 2009 † johan § Software development ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , ,

A couple of quick ideas

I’m currently in Sweden, enjoying the Scandinavian nature, catching up with family and a few old friends. This time, some quick notes on a few ideas that have been brewing. Orthopraxy is when people do things the same way: “correct” action/praxis. On Artima developer spotlight, there was a lively discussion on this in the Ruby [...]

Posted 24 August 2009 † johan § Computer science § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

First steps with Scala: XML pull parsing

I’m now going to share some of the results of my recent experiments with the Scala programming language. In May I wrote that I had started looking at it. I’ve been using it to make some support tools that I needed for research work since. First a disclaimer: It’s been 4+ years since I did serious [...]

Posted 14 August 2009 † johan § Software development ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

The future of the web browser

The web browser, it is safe to say, has gone from humble origins to being the single most widely used piece of desktop software (based on my own usage, but I don’t think I’m untypical). This development continues today. The battles being fought and the tactical decisions being made here reach a very large audience [...]

Posted 06 August 2009 † johan § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,