(new) Theory and Practice of Programming

Caching Java Client Objects in 3 tier system - (johnu) - (4) - June 27, 2003, 05:01:04 PM EDT

Re: Caching Java Client Objects in 3 tier system - (tuberculosis) - (3) - June 28, 2003, 12:24:31 AM EDT

Re: Caching Java Client Objects in 3 tier system - (johnu) - (2) - June 30, 2003, 08:36:46 AM EDT

Using Java Serialization? - (tuberculosis) - (1) - June 30, 2003, 02:54:05 PM EDT

Re: Using Java Serialization? - (johnu) - June 30, 2003, 04:06:30 PM EDT

Maybe we need a new forum to fit my new job. :( - (tseliot) - (5) - June 24, 2003, 03:44:57 AM EDT

Use active voice, not passive. - (ben_tilly) - (4) - June 24, 2003, 09:35:00 AM EDT

OK, thanks! - (tseliot) - June 24, 2003, 11:19:38 AM EDT

About the only complaint I have is passive voice. - (folkert) - June 24, 2003, 02:01:20 PM EDT

Second try, edited passive voice: - (tseliot) - (1) - June 24, 2003, 03:15:48 PM EDT

*Much* easier to read -NT - (drewk) - June 24, 2003, 03:22:18 PM EDT

Okies all yer programmer types have me completely baffled - (boxley) - (6) - June 21, 2003, 01:59:36 AM EDT

It's the same in Real Life (TM). - (Another Scott) - (5) - June 21, 2003, 11:00:54 AM EDT

Re: It's the same in Real Life (TM). - wow - (deSitter) - (4) - June 21, 2003, 12:50:20 PM EDT

Re: Did Smalltalk have a single creator, like FORTH and APL? - (a6l6e6x) - June 22, 2003, 12:24:22 AM EDT

Early history of Smalltalk - (tuberculosis) - (2) - June 22, 2003, 01:38:15 PM EDT

Thanks for that. Very informative! -NT - (tseliot) - (1) - June 23, 2003, 12:57:48 PM EDT

Re: Thanks for that. Very informative! - (deSitter) - June 23, 2003, 12:58:48 PM EDT

Advanced programming languages - why are they not used? - (Arkadiy) - (104) - June 20, 2003, 10:04:10 AM EDT

question from a non programmer - (boxley) - (11) - June 20, 2003, 10:23:14 AM EDT

Second through fourth sentences are a blur - (Arkadiy) - (10) - June 20, 2003, 10:40:07 AM EDT

sorry, I went from your specific - (boxley) - (9) - June 20, 2003, 10:49:42 AM EDT

Well... - (Arkadiy) - (8) - June 20, 2003, 11:14:55 AM EDT

I am not smart enough to detect the difference - (boxley) - (7) - June 20, 2003, 11:25:14 AM EDT

In C++, "if" is simple - (Arkadiy) - (6) - June 20, 2003, 11:34:47 AM EDT

I think I disagree, maybe - (drewk) - (5) - June 20, 2003, 11:51:41 AM EDT

Re: I think I disagree, maybe - (Arkadiy) - (4) - June 20, 2003, 12:13:50 PM EDT

I was right - (drewk) - June 20, 2003, 01:10:29 PM EDT

Re: I think I disagree, maybe - (tuberculosis) - (2) - June 21, 2003, 12:09:13 AM EDT

Perl 6 will take that idea farther - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 21, 2003, 04:47:22 PM EDT

+5 Informative. - (static) - June 23, 2003, 07:53:30 AM EDT

I regard Smalltalk as a teaching language - (warmachine) - (5) - June 20, 2003, 08:30:39 PM EDT

Dixit. -NT - (Arkadiy) - June 20, 2003, 09:30:12 PM EDT

I regard it as the most powerful production tool I have - (tuberculosis) - June 21, 2003, 12:19:43 AM EDT

couple of comments - (ChrisR) - (2) - June 21, 2003, 03:15:09 AM EDT

Re: couple of comments - (warmachine) - (1) - June 21, 2003, 08:10:21 PM EDT

Documentation tool? - (ChrisR) - June 21, 2003, 11:41:57 PM EDT

Your brain is damaged - (tuberculosis) - (13) - June 21, 2003, 12:04:55 AM EDT

I am not saying - (Arkadiy) - (11) - June 21, 2003, 02:12:46 PM EDT

Average guy? Come here and say that! :) - (warmachine) - (6) - June 21, 2003, 09:29:32 PM EDT

Either you are, or... - (Arkadiy) - (1) - June 21, 2003, 11:21:03 PM EDT

Yep! But give it more time. - (warmachine) - June 22, 2003, 09:33:31 AM EDT

What's this got to do with the price of oil in Baghdad? - (tuberculosis) - (3) - June 22, 2003, 12:50:49 AM EDT

Oops! You're right. - (warmachine) - (2) - June 22, 2003, 09:01:00 AM EDT

You've missed something I think - (tuberculosis) - June 22, 2003, 01:43:11 PM EDT

Re: Oops! You're right. - (JimWeirich) - June 22, 2003, 01:58:49 PM EDT

OK that's true - (tuberculosis) - (3) - June 22, 2003, 12:17:49 AM EDT

Smalltalk for Small Tykes - (JimWeirich) - June 22, 2003, 01:09:55 AM EDT

Wrong sense of "narrative". - (Arkadiy) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 12:02:45 PM EDT

(Oops) - (Arkadiy) - June 22, 2003, 12:07:50 PM EDT

modeling English - (tablizer) - June 22, 2003, 05:04:41 PM EDT

Re: Advanced programming languages - why are they not used? - (deSitter) - (1) - June 21, 2003, 04:18:50 AM EDT

I was going to mention Forth, - (Arkadiy) - June 21, 2003, 02:15:26 PM EDT

Bad Marketing - (tablizer) - (69) - June 21, 2003, 02:38:06 PM EDT

Re-implement these examples, please - (ben_tilly) - (56) - June 21, 2003, 04:30:05 PM EDT

Problem description missing - (tablizer) - (55) - June 22, 2003, 03:08:05 AM EDT

Problem description - (ben_tilly) - (54) - June 22, 2003, 06:33:35 PM EDT

Arrays of arrays? There's your problem.Use relational tables -NT - (tablizer) - (53) - June 22, 2003, 08:24:15 PM EDT

Why am I not surprised that you avoided the question? - (ben_tilly) - (52) - June 22, 2003, 08:30:07 PM EDT

hold on, cowboy - (tablizer) - (51) - June 22, 2003, 11:56:46 PM EDT

No, you never do say that you are done - (ben_tilly) - (50) - June 23, 2003, 07:59:09 AM EDT

Okay, I admit it was too sweeping - (tablizer) - (49) - June 23, 2003, 04:38:16 PM EDT

Re: Okay, I admit it was too sweeping - (deSitter) - June 23, 2003, 04:14:45 PM EDT

Thank you - (ben_tilly) - (47) - June 24, 2003, 08:00:46 AM EDT

that is what I am looking for - (tablizer) - (46) - June 24, 2003, 04:23:21 PM EDT

Re: that is what I am looking for - (admin) - (6) - June 24, 2003, 04:33:53 PM EDT

What's that? - (deSitter) - (1) - June 24, 2003, 08:42:36 PM EDT

Re: What's that? - (admin) - June 24, 2003, 10:00:36 PM EDT

Actually Java Anonymous Inner Classes - (tuberculosis) - (3) - June 26, 2003, 12:32:37 AM EDT

If I remember correctly, - (Arkadiy) - (2) - June 26, 2003, 11:56:46 AM EDT

Not entirely accurate. - (admin) - (1) - June 26, 2003, 12:13:58 PM EDT

Thanks - (Arkadiy) - June 26, 2003, 12:46:09 PM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (CRConrad) - June 24, 2003, 04:37:32 PM EDT

How much are you willing to pay? - (ben_tilly) - (37) - June 24, 2003, 05:10:46 PM EDT

If you don't have the evidence, then just say so -NT - (tablizer) - (36) - June 24, 2003, 09:25:08 PM EDT

You win, again - (ben_tilly) - (35) - June 24, 2003, 11:24:19 PM EDT

Can't ANYBODY ever find a #@!* BIZ example? -NT - (tablizer) - (34) - June 24, 2003, 11:53:17 PM EDT

Ben's given me an idea. - (static) - (4) - June 25, 2003, 09:14:37 AM EDT

different "core"? - (tablizer) - (3) - June 25, 2003, 09:09:55 PM EDT

That's one way to think of it. - (static) - (2) - June 27, 2003, 07:42:08 AM EDT

But if tree traversal was trivial, then it does not matter - (tablizer) - (1) - June 28, 2003, 12:27:03 AM EDT

It's a matter of perspective. - (static) - June 28, 2003, 08:51:24 AM EDT

A TOP example - (johnu) - (19) - June 25, 2003, 12:52:13 PM EDT

re: transaction rollback - (tablizer) - (17) - June 25, 2003, 08:59:12 PM EDT

Why not just use a closure? - (johnu) - (16) - June 27, 2003, 08:33:53 AM EDT

Eval () is a kind of closure - (Arkadiy) - (15) - June 27, 2003, 11:28:06 AM EDT

Python supports it... - (admin) - June 27, 2003, 11:30:47 AM EDT

topic is not about me, Mr. Insult - (tablizer) - June 28, 2003, 12:15:21 AM EDT

Re: Eval () is NOT a kind of closure - (JimWeirich) - (12) - June 28, 2003, 03:45:30 PM EDT

You are right. - (Arkadiy) - (11) - July 5, 2003, 01:52:00 PM EDT

All? - (ben_tilly) - (10) - July 7, 2003, 03:24:34 PM EDT

I was thinking about - (Arkadiy) - (9) - July 7, 2003, 05:27:39 PM EDT

Thought you had missed those :-) - (ben_tilly) - (8) - July 7, 2003, 11:28:36 PM EDT

Re: Thought you had missed those :-) - (Arkadiy) - (7) - July 8, 2003, 01:12:10 PM EDT

That mostly works - (ben_tilly) - (6) - July 8, 2003, 02:03:05 PM EDT

Re: That mostly works - (Arkadiy) - (3) - July 8, 2003, 03:40:28 PM EDT

Think we are even then - (ben_tilly) - (2) - July 8, 2003, 03:59:45 PM EDT

A function to produce list from range - (Arkadiy) - (1) - July 9, 2003, 10:08:08 AM EDT

So? - (ben_tilly) - July 9, 2003, 12:51:26 PM EDT

Fake Closures - (JimWeirich) - (1) - July 10, 2003, 11:34:37 AM EDT

Wow - (Arkadiy) - July 10, 2003, 12:35:26 PM EDT

Re: A TOP example - (JimWeirich) - June 28, 2003, 03:55:08 PM EDT

Multivariate Regression Analysis - (ChrisR) - (8) - June 25, 2003, 09:28:31 PM EDT

Why not Eval()? - (tablizer) - (7) - June 26, 2003, 12:55:37 PM EDT

The problem is that the equations are part of the data - (ChrisR) - (5) - June 26, 2003, 02:05:28 PM EDT

I am not following you - (tablizer) - (4) - June 27, 2003, 02:02:25 AM EDT

Do you not understand Regression? - (ChrisR) - (3) - June 27, 2003, 10:08:47 AM EDT

Eval can be used to compute arbitrary function - (Arkadiy) - (2) - June 27, 2003, 11:39:49 AM EDT

Eval is "good enuf" for occassional use. - (tablizer) - (1) - June 27, 2003, 01:02:48 PM EDT

You are not familiar with Ruby then - (ben_tilly) - June 27, 2003, 01:51:44 PM EDT

Of course Eval()? - (JimWeirich) - June 28, 2003, 03:50:32 PM EDT

Re: Bad Marketing - (JimWeirich) - (11) - June 22, 2003, 03:54:51 AM EDT

re: closures - (tablizer) - (10) - June 22, 2003, 02:52:13 PM EDT

re: closures - (JimWeirich) - (9) - June 23, 2003, 03:31:29 AM EDT

bottom bread - (tablizer) - (8) - June 23, 2003, 04:18:57 PM EDT

Still waiting for examples - (JimWeirich) - (7) - June 28, 2003, 03:40:27 PM EDT

misunderstanding? - (tablizer) - (6) - June 28, 2003, 04:58:06 PM EDT

misunderstanding? ... Now I'm Confused - (JimWeirich) - (5) - June 28, 2003, 07:15:40 PM EDT

long blocks - (tablizer) - (4) - June 28, 2003, 08:45:24 PM EDT

Back to the Example ... - (JimWeirich) - (3) - June 29, 2003, 02:14:36 AM EDT

auto-close - (tablizer) - (2) - June 29, 2003, 01:03:49 PM EDT

Exceptions - (JimWeirich) - (1) - June 29, 2003, 03:37:50 PM EDT

Warning: Discussing exceptions with me is a loooong topic -NT - (tablizer) - June 29, 2003, 10:03:31 PM EDT

Ugliest. Hack. Ever. - (tseliot) - (10) - June 18, 2003, 02:45:22 PM EDT

Shared library collisions? - (admin) - (2) - June 18, 2003, 02:59:31 PM EDT

Apparently not. - (tseliot) - (1) - June 18, 2003, 04:31:03 PM EDT

Ah.... - (admin) - June 18, 2003, 04:58:55 PM EDT

Are these .EXEs yours as developer, i.e. you have source? - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - June 18, 2003, 03:18:07 PM EDT

Thanks. My hack gives me time to rewrite from scratch :) -NT - (tseliot) - June 18, 2003, 04:38:52 PM EDT

Native mode server? - (deSitter) - (4) - June 18, 2003, 03:53:26 PM EDT

Good idea. -NT - (tseliot) - June 18, 2003, 04:39:10 PM EDT

Eh? Show your reasoning. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 18, 2003, 04:45:22 PM EDT

AD has claws in the executable -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - June 20, 2003, 08:54:34 AM EDT

Evidence, please. - (pwhysall) - June 20, 2003, 11:11:30 AM EDT

TopMind Collectibles - (ChrisR) - (6) - June 13, 2003, 09:42:25 PM EDT

That's a good paper - (tuberculosis) - June 14, 2003, 01:17:17 AM EDT

Well, to be fair, let's point out... - (CRConrad) - (4) - June 14, 2003, 04:41:32 PM EDT

Dumb arguments - (tablizer) - (3) - June 15, 2003, 02:06:05 AM EDT

Beg to disagree on #3 - (hnick) - (2) - June 15, 2003, 12:07:50 PM EDT

totally agreed -NT - (deSitter) - June 15, 2003, 10:20:27 PM EDT

Doesn't really contradict what I said. Dev.drvrs close to HW -NT - (tablizer) - June 16, 2003, 12:16:25 AM EDT

Gosling continues to reinvent the wheel - (tuberculosis) - June 10, 2003, 02:10:36 AM EDT

Sun to pour millions into promoting misery and ignorance - (tuberculosis) - (4) - June 6, 2003, 02:25:40 PM EDT

Quite frankly... - (admin) - (2) - June 6, 2003, 02:37:42 PM EDT

Re: Quite frankly... - (tuberculosis) - (1) - June 6, 2003, 05:53:49 PM EDT

Sure they can. - (admin) - June 6, 2003, 11:40:18 PM EDT

the prettiest thing on that link was at the bottom - (boxley) - June 6, 2003, 03:09:06 PM EDT

Series on programming the Atari 2600 - count them cycles! - (SpiceWare) - June 4, 2003, 02:35:33 PM EDT

Kill the Methodologists - (tuberculosis) - (69) - June 3, 2003, 02:07:46 PM EDT

Skill: the anti-Manager - (jb4) - (1) - June 3, 2003, 07:08:55 PM EDT

Re: Skill: the anti-Manager - (orion) - June 3, 2003, 08:06:30 PM EDT

Re: Kill the Methodologists - (systems) - (61) - June 3, 2003, 09:08:51 PM EDT

Thanks for joining in, comments - (boxley) - June 4, 2003, 09:06:24 AM EDT

OT: Text formatting - (pwhysall) - June 4, 2003, 10:52:18 AM EDT

Most Methodologies have their basis in fantasy - (tuberculosis) - (6) - June 4, 2003, 01:37:44 PM EDT

Let's see if I can summarize - (drewk) - (4) - June 4, 2003, 01:46:47 PM EDT

Basically, yeah - (tuberculosis) - (3) - June 4, 2003, 02:44:00 PM EDT

Which brings us to the essential tension in SW today: - (tseliot) - June 4, 2003, 07:38:28 PM EDT

Re: Basically, yeah - (deSitter) - (1) - June 4, 2003, 09:58:48 PM EDT

Ummm... - (ben_tilly) - June 4, 2003, 11:29:17 PM EDT

There's nothing wrong with Methodology... - (Simon_Jester) - June 5, 2003, 06:07:42 PM EDT

Ahh, a PHB in training. - (broomberg) - (6) - June 4, 2003, 11:36:22 PM EDT

Programming is more art than science. - (static) - (1) - June 6, 2003, 08:25:26 AM EDT

I know every time I want some programming done - (boxley) - June 6, 2003, 08:42:10 AM EDT

This is the *only* reason I'm still a programmer - (tseliot) - (3) - June 6, 2003, 11:41:36 AM EDT

So you're good at forgetting things - (drewk) - (2) - June 6, 2003, 11:47:39 AM EDT

Oh stop yerself! - (jb4) - June 6, 2003, 01:39:03 PM EDT

That's easy - (ben_tilly) - June 7, 2003, 01:22:15 AM EDT

Sorry, you're misinformed. - (admin) - (44) - June 5, 2003, 10:15:58 AM EDT

"You can't coach height" - (drewk) - (7) - June 5, 2003, 11:27:17 AM EDT

Exactly. And while we're on the subject... - (admin) - (6) - June 5, 2003, 11:29:53 AM EDT

No kidding - (drewk) - (3) - June 5, 2003, 11:38:25 AM EDT

heck, i got one dumber than a rock but gifted - (boxley) - (2) - June 5, 2003, 12:15:15 PM EDT

Not the same. - (admin) - (1) - June 5, 2003, 12:17:19 PM EDT

It is also used in the common tongue - (boxley) - June 5, 2003, 12:22:10 PM EDT

Doubt mine qualify as gifted... - (ChrisR) - June 5, 2003, 12:28:57 PM EDT

I got one of each - (broomberg) - June 5, 2003, 12:56:19 PM EDT

The problem with discussing elite programmers... - (ChrisR) - (5) - June 5, 2003, 12:47:25 PM EDT

Possible - (broomberg) - (4) - June 5, 2003, 01:14:45 PM EDT

I think I've reached that point - (drewk) - (2) - June 5, 2003, 01:31:18 PM EDT

The first thing I do now... - (admin) - June 5, 2003, 01:36:48 PM EDT

I worked with many real 10%ers - (boxley) - June 5, 2003, 04:23:59 PM EDT

Its situational to some extent - (tuberculosis) - June 5, 2003, 04:03:56 PM EDT

Actually, lazy is better - (broomberg) - (2) - June 5, 2003, 12:49:31 PM EDT

That's "responsibly lazy". - (admin) - June 5, 2003, 01:02:49 PM EDT

Wall in the Camel book: - (tseliot) - June 5, 2003, 05:56:12 PM EDT

Re: Sorry, you're misinformed. - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 6, 2003, 02:46:48 AM EDT

Undoubtedly. - (admin) - (1) - June 6, 2003, 08:48:59 AM EDT

Hmm. "curious", eh? - (static) - June 6, 2003, 08:54:08 AM EDT

Double post. -NT - (pwhysall) - June 6, 2003, 02:52:16 AM EDT

Talent how measured? - (tablizer) - (22) - June 10, 2003, 06:32:54 PM EDT

Point == missed. - (admin) - (21) - June 10, 2003, 06:34:29 PM EDT

Software development is like driving - (tablizer) - (20) - June 10, 2003, 10:02:50 PM EDT

Uhhh... - (Yendor) - (18) - June 10, 2003, 10:45:49 PM EDT

ANYONE is a little too strong a requirement! :) - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - June 11, 2003, 01:15:52 AM EDT

Well, OK... - (Yendor) - June 11, 2003, 01:33:26 AM EDT

Audience - (tablizer) - (15) - June 11, 2003, 02:26:38 PM EDT

Two words... - (Yendor) - (7) - June 11, 2003, 04:14:10 PM EDT

Another Two Words. - (folkert) - June 11, 2003, 04:26:47 PM EDT

Megadittos - (tjsinclair) - June 11, 2003, 06:07:02 PM EDT

Most places i've been don't have unit tests - (tablizer) - (4) - June 12, 2003, 02:31:04 AM EDT

The point being... - (folkert) - (3) - June 12, 2003, 08:26:44 AM EDT

OT - new LRPDism? (new thread) - (CRConrad) - June 12, 2003, 03:24:24 PM EDT

regarding unit testing - (tablizer) - (1) - June 12, 2003, 03:30:57 PM EDT

Re: regarding unit testing - (admin) - June 12, 2003, 03:35:56 PM EDT

Don' you be talkin' about 'abstraction'... - (jb4) - (6) - June 11, 2003, 06:18:08 PM EDT

Bull. Relational is more abstract than OO - (tablizer) - (5) - June 12, 2003, 02:32:03 AM EDT

And tables are nothing but... - (jb4) - (4) - June 12, 2003, 06:09:32 PM EDT

Relational does not dictate underlying implementation - (tablizer) - (3) - June 13, 2003, 02:08:29 AM EDT

Bryce, what ARE you talking about - (jb4) - (2) - June 16, 2003, 04:28:23 PM EDT

You misunderstood me - (tablizer) - (1) - June 17, 2003, 02:25:34 AM EDT

And *why* do you think that happens all the time...? (new thread) - (CRConrad) - June 17, 2003, 03:27:56 AM EDT

Most software developers are wrong... -NT - (admin) - June 10, 2003, 10:52:37 PM EDT

Nice -NT - (deSitter) - June 3, 2003, 09:50:36 PM EDT

Robert C Martin concurs - (tuberculosis) - (2) - June 3, 2003, 10:34:56 PM EDT

*snort* My PFY tells me that evey day - (tseliot) - (1) - June 4, 2003, 12:59:08 AM EDT

*Lots* of people have told me that - (drewk) - June 4, 2003, 08:10:29 AM EDT

HOLEEECHIT! - (folkert) - June 4, 2003, 08:35:58 PM EDT

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