Computer Software Engineers

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Computer software engineers are projected to be the fastest growing occupation over the 2000-10 period.
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Platform or Plumbing

["]{.827355417-26052003}Here's a question I pose to blogspace: Is the .NET Framework a platform or just better plumbing for the underlying platform?["]{.827355417-26052003}[ via ]{.827355417-26052003}[Harry Pierson's DevHawk Weblog]

[Although I think it makes sense to refer to it as "a platform" in most situations, in the context of this …

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More on XML Entities

["....]{.951453017-26052003}I don't want behavior in my entity objects - I want to put that into stateless control objects.[..."]{.951453017-26052003} [via]{.951453017-26052003}
[Harry Pierson's DevHawk Weblog]

[After double-checking to make sure Harry's isn't a J2EE blog, I've got to ask: Is this structure (stateless session / control objects, stateful entity objects without …

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Functional programming and test-driven development

If you're a fan of test-driven development, you're likely to be a fan of functional programming. One of the mindsets of test-driven development is that if something is hard to test, it may be an indication of poor design. The natural upshot is that in a test-driven system, objects tend …

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Notes On Programming Sabre In C Ja

Notes on programming Sabre in C#, Java, and XML

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Turings Singlecelled Millionsold Ancestors Are Turingcomplete Oxytricha And

Turing's single-celled millions-old ancestors are Turing-complete. Oxytricha and Stylonychia, two ciliated protozoans, are Turing-complete biocomputers that rewrite their DNA to perform calculations. They've been at it for several million years. Keen. Link Discuss (via Coherence Engine) via [Boing Boing Blog]

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Turnabout is fair play: Sun tool targets Microsoft. At its JavaOne conference next month, Sun Microsystems will demonstrate a tool designed to simplify Java programming and steer users of Microsoft's .Net tools to Java. via [CNET News.com]

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even Though Hes Been Programming In A Looselytyped Environment Ruby For Quite A While Now Hes Not Found Himsel

"....even though he's been programming in a loosely-typed environment (Ruby) for quite a while now, he's not found himself making the stupid mistakes that the strongly-typed environment is supposed to be protecting us from...." via [The Mountain of Worthless Information]

The other day, while trying to enumerate the advantages of …

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Glenn Vanderburg Has A Weblog Devoted

Glenn Vanderburg has a Weblog devoted to computer languages. Subscribed.

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Idiot Judge

Idiot Judge via [snellspace]

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