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Jun 20, 2008

Free Java Now Available

The hype around open sourcing of Java has mostly died down after the announcement. Not many have followed it up. Red Hat had started the IcedTea project to remove the last obstacle in freeing Java. [Continue]

Oct 6, 2007

How Interface Has Helped Me

Reg Braithwaite wants to read three blog posts, including one about how learning a programming language helped you program better in another programming language. I like learning new programming languages. One, because I like that, and two because it makes me a better programmer. [Continue]

Aug 27, 2007

Will Erlang Replace Java?

There were various reactions to Sun’s announcement of moving from SUNW to JAVA. Frankly, I never thought there will be any from the technical world. But there are interesting ones, reflecting more on future of Java. [Continue]

Aug 24, 2007

SUNW To JAVA

Normally a company’s programming and stock market worlds are not directly related, at times even worlds apart. But Sun Microsystems is about to change that. The stock market ID SUNW, which means Standford University Network Workstation, will be changed to JAVA. [Continue]

Jul 26, 2007

Why Java Is A Different Beast

Michael Coté explains why Java is a different beast. It is the culture that makes the developers focus more on Java than on the purpose and delivery mechanism of the application. I believe even .NET applications are in the same boat. [Continue]

Jul 24, 2007

My Favorite Open Source Tools

Andrew Wulf has listed his favorite open source tools and frameworks. I am going to pay heed to his call and list my favorite open source tools and frameworks for programming here. However, mine are more heterogeneous in terms of the programming language and includes both desktop and web programming. [Continue]

Jul 5, 2007

JDocs - Java API Documentation

Dion Almaer noted that JDocs is now AJAX powered. JDocs is a place where you can search for Java API documentation for various libraries. There are others out there like gotAPI and Javaref, however JDocs lets you contribute to the documentation through annotations. [Continue]

May 9, 2007

Sun Makes JDK Available Under GPL

Sun Microsystems has open sourced JDK under GPL v2 as promised. The announcement was made the ongoing 2007 JavaOne Conference. The JDK is now available and is accessible from OpenJDK, a resource to enable collaboration in the open source community. [Continue]

May 3, 2007

C# And Java Comparison

Dare Obasanjo has updated his comparison of Microsoft’s .Net 2.0 C# and Sun’s Java 6.0 programming languages (via Hartmut Wilms). It is a detailed comparison, it includes both concepts and implementations. It will not be helpful to decide whether you should use C# or Java for your project, something else rules that world. [Continue]

Feb 3, 2007

Format String Vulnerabilities

Hal Burch and Robert C. Seacord explain programming language format string vulnerabilities. They also illustrate that, as is the usual misconception, C and C++ are not the only ones vulnerable to the exploits. [Continue]

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