Wacky Ideas 3: Object life-cycle support
No, don’t leave yet! This isn’t another article about non-deterministic finalization, RAII etc. That’s what we almost always think of when someone mentions the object life-cycle, but I’m actually...
View ArticleWacky Ideas 2: Class interfaces
(Disclaimer: I’m 99% sure I’ve heard someone smarter than me talking about this before, so it’s definitely not original. I thought it worth pursuing though.) One of the things I love about Java and C#...
View ArticleWacky Ideas 1: Inheritance is dead, long live mix-ins!
(Warning: I’ve just looked up “mix-in” on Wikipedia and their definition isn’t quite what I’m used to. Apologies if I’m using the wrong terminology. What I think of as a mix-in is a proxy object which...
View ArticleWacky Ideas – Introduction
I’ve been having a few wacky ideas recently, and I think it’s time to put them to virtual paper. They’re mostly around how we think about OO, and how future languages and platforms could do things. I...
View ArticleWhat would make a good Java book?
So, Groovy in Action has been out for a little while, and I’m missing it – or rather, book writing. I’d like my next project to be a solo effort, almost certainly on Java. However, I’m interested in...
View ArticleBuild and config friendliness counts
Yesterday, I bought a Toppy PVR when my Tivo died. The details of what it does are irrelevant (although quite fun). The important thing is that it’s very hackable – so there are lots of extensions and...
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