Re: [The Java Posse] Re: #418: Comments should be treated as a lesser-evil 'code smell'.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:11:04 PM UTC-4, phidias51 wrote: > > Roland, > We have a similar problem in the bioinformatics world, where a field like > "id" could mean an ID from a specific database, an accession (an > alphanumeric ID similar to a database ID). One way around this is to use >

[The Java Posse] Re: #418: Comments should be treated as a lesser-evil 'code smell'.

On Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:44:58 PM UTC-4, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > > > Of course, let's be reasonable here: While in theory any and all comments > are code smells, they are pretty much always the lesser evil. Anything > beyond the most academic of projects is going to have some chunk of c

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Book - JavaScript for Java Programmers?

let alone Java 8. People whose customers have had their brains sequestered along with their jobs. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, s

Re: [The Java Posse] Digest for javaposse@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:23 AM, wrote: > Frank Mathy Mar 24 06:31AM -0700 > > I really enjoy listening to your podcasts. Recently there have been only > very few Java Posse newscasts. Mostly only recordings of the Java Posse > Roundup and on the news side a lot of discussion on non-Java-topics.

Re: [The Java Posse] Digest for java...@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 1 Topic

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:59:59 PM UTC-5, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Mark Haniford > > > wrote: > >> >> Simon is german so his people are used to insulting and doing much worse >> things to people. >> > > And yet you managed to outdo him in just one sen

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

rly covers up for its own faults. Look at the Balen Report, for example. And, since the BBC is funded by the television license fee, it is nearly immune to criticism. In short, the BBC cheats the tax payers too. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

[The Java Posse] Re: Reflections on Trusting Trust (Podcast 397)

at the crocked login did make it out of Bell Labs, notably to BBN, and that it enabled at least one late-night login across the network by someone using the login name “kt”. > > Respectfully, > Eric Jablow > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &

[The Java Posse] Reflections on Trusting Trust (Podcast 397)

The Turing Award lecture was "Reflections on Trusting Trust." by Ken Thompson, in 1984. See http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=358210. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this d

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaDoc and Comments

ame from different sources and were not normalized to the same unit of measure. We don't want our programs to crash into Mars. At least we all have TimeUnit.convert. respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

[The Java Posse] Re: Option

uming reasonable declarations: id foo = nil; [foo shout:@"I don't exist."]; // Does nothing. double weight = [foo weight]; // Does nothing but returns 0.0; id bar = [foo parent]; // Does nothing but returns nil; None of these would cause a stack trace or raise any sort of error condition.

[The Java Posse] Re: BigDecimal and Java Posse #379, Roundup '11 - ReSTful AMF

On Mar 15, 6:08 am, Casper Bang wrote: > What a mess, it's hard to imagine Java is being used with large financial > and scientific applications. Put a decimal into the type system, and all > this nomenclature goes away. So, should Java add PICTURE subclasses of Number? Should it have (BIN|DEC

[The Java Posse] Re: The Java Tree Withers

a Java class intended for general use, and worse whenever I see it validated by the regex \d{5}(-\d[4})?. Should the community try to develop classes for common notions? > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > fab

[The Java Posse] Re: Is polyglot programming dead?

work a lot easier. Of course that was the fault of my 'winning' personality. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To u

[The Java Posse] Podcast 374: Bacon

Are you looking for the "Bacon Explosion": a weave of bacon surrounding 2 pounds of Italian sausage? http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/ Very treyfe. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: Stability annotations was Re: [The Java Posse] Actors in Java: Akka & Jetlang

ion Gallery could be added to a Maven repository? I know it was an April Fool's joke, but having @WTF and @RTFM might be useful at certain cruel workplaces. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse&quo

[The Java Posse] Re: Computing and kids

onsole switches on the Brooklyn College computer department's old PDP-8. So there! Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To

[The Java Posse] Re: Jetbrains gets into the language game with Kotlin

hat seems reasonable. Remember, for a while, the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus". Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To

[The Java Posse] Re: #354: Strangest Loop Competition, 2011 Edition

use Lingua::Romana::Perligata; dum unum sic This tum is tum a tum very tum strange tum loop inquementum tum novumversum egresso scribe. cis. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to

[The Java Posse] Re: Vs: Re: How many characters do you use for indention?

On May 18, 5:45 am, Roland Tepp wrote: > At the risk of causing some whitespace holy war, I would actually secont > that sentiment. > Also - if everyone used tab for indentation, it would open up elastic > tabstops and opening up. > Also, to throw it ou

[The Java Posse] Re: package.html vs. package-info.java

a package annotation in the wild. I suppose someone might @Deprecate[d] a package, but I've never seen it. Perhaps a package- info.java file might include annotations for per-package versioning and sealing: @ImplementationTitle, @ImplementationVersion, @ImplementationVendor, etc. A smart JAR too

[The Java Posse] Re: Feedback please... Flubber for Android - enhancements

On Apr 1, 4:54 am, Phil wrote: > @IdeallyWrittenIn("Scala") > @Avast > protected void (View v, ButtonType buttonType) { The Google Annotation Gallery was so last year. Eric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this

[The Java Posse] Re: Concerned about Tor's mental health

On Mar 17, 11:48 am, Robert Casto wrote: > They also get all the TV and movie spots. I had one when working with a > startup but most big companies are trying to drive the cost down and there > is no competition with Macs. They can usually get a deal from HP, DELL, > Lenovo, or some other manufa

[The Java Posse] Re: Are there any libraries w/ a Number type that superceeds the functionality living on BigDecimal + BigInteger etc

that's a tricky one to do efficiently. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

On Mar 14, 4:20 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > 2011/3/14 Alexey Zinger > > I certainly agree that a few people in our community have a strange sense of > readability, such as people who think that ":->>" is a fine name for a > method (here

[The Java Posse] Re: Java still TIOBE King

On Feb 10, 5:39 pm, Graham Allan wrote: > > I wonder if that is worse that the US programs who put subtitles on > > people who speak English with a bit of an accent. > > Or the English programmes that put subtitles on people who speak with a > Scottish accent? Fills a need I guess... > > ~ Graham

[The Java Posse] Re: {{}} (#338)

On Feb 2, 11:37 am, Alexey Zinger wrote: > public Map getAges() > { >     return new HashMap() >     {{ >         put("kitty", 7); >         put("puppy", 2); >         put("fishy", 3); >     }} > > } > > What it really is is an anonymous inner class that extends HashMap and has an > instance ini

[The Java Posse] Re: For loop is harmful

gBuilder(); for (String s: iterable) { b.append(separator).append(s); } return b.toString(); } --- The exercise is to extend this idea to one for more general handling of the first element. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

[The Java Posse] Re: Javascript should replace Java in College Courses

On Dec 14, 2:00 pm, Russel Winder wrote: > The point is really about being able to run code without having to > explicitly compile it.  This doesn't necessarily mean having a REPL, I > actually think they tend to be hugely counter productive for first > learning -- and I really hate all these bo

[The Java Posse] Re: "Women Fed Up With Open Source Community Creeps"

a bathhouse." Still, there is discrimination even now. Look at Dusa McDuff's story in The Pleasures of Counting, by T. W. Korner. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group,

[The Java Posse] Re: Excellent article about Google's response to Oracle

On Oct 17, 11:38 pm, Miroslav Pokorny wrote: > Actually there were two th letters, thorn and the other escapes me, one > looked like a horizontally flipped "6" with a horizontal bar 1/4 of the way > down from the top which is how ye old shoppe came about. U+00D0 Ð LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH (voiced

[The Java Posse] Re: 24 hrs to get those CodeMash abstracts in

le Hitler had leading an agile development effort: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1wKO3rID9g Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To un

[The Java Posse] Re: 24 hrs to get those CodeMash abstracts in

> anyone else noticed this? Perhaps it's because they don't want to program like they're pr0n stars, as the Ruby/CouchDB world would suggest. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse&q

[The Java Posse] Re: Martin Odersky says: Skills required

On Sep 28, 11:55 am, Kevin Wright wrote: > D12, wow, isn't that a bit legacy? > I understood that current thinking was to evaluate facial hair on the roll > of a D20... No, you make a SAN roll instead. Just make sure your Scalathulhu Mythos skill doesn't get too high.

[The Java Posse] Re: Farts?

On Sep 19, 5:25 am, Christian Catchpole wrote: > Fart Studio Please stop. I prefer the chipmunks. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@goo

[The Java Posse] Re: So Scala is too Complex?

On Aug 27, 9:47 pm, Josh Berry wrote: > Of course... there could be another SAM.  Acronym finder didn't verify this > for me. :( > A SAM is a surface to air missile, which is very nasty indeed. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[The Java Posse] Re: Tab / Spaces anyone?

On Jul 1, 10:16 am, Weiqi Gao wrote: > That we are having a Tabs vs. Spaces debate is a consequence of us > programming with mono-spaced fonts, which is not the only way to write > programs.  A peek at Knuth's books or The C++ Programming Language ought > to convince you that programming in a pr

[The Java Posse] Re: Tab / Spaces anyone?

d javatangle our code into Java and javaweave our code through pdfTeX into PDF! Of course, may G-d help us debug code like that in an IDE. Respectfully, Eric Jablow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this gr

[The Java Posse] Cinco de Mayo

[I]s not Mexican Independence Day. It celebrates the Mexican victory over France in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It isn't even celebrated throughout the entire country of Mexico. Mexican Independence Day is September 16. May 5th is only a cultural celebration. Respectfully,

[The Java Posse] Re: The 'Thoroughly Modern' Development Environment From Hell

ghtforward, although it of course means someone has to deal > with security patches and backups. I would add TortoiseSVN to the list, as long as you stay with Windows. I'd even push it to the non-programmers. Budget memos and requirement documents need version control too. Respectfully, Eri