John Lam has written a cross-language "weaver" for adding aspects (as in aspect-oriented programming) into .NET languages. Aspects allow one to compose behavior based on the method signature of a target program. In that sense, they're similar to .NET's native attributes. The difference is that attribute behavior is restricted to …
more ...Just met with Ed Kaim and Melissa Hovis of Microsoft and Waggener Edstrom to discuss the .NET Compact Framework. Without violating NDA, I can say that it is my opinion that post-desktop form factors such as phone-enabled handhelds (especially with GPS or E911 location info) and tablets represent a huge …
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Wow. Clemens Vaster has made some great .NET Attribute classes freely available: seamless WS-Security, parameter validation of WebMethods, etc. Definitely worth checking out.
more ...It appears that there is only one course on Software Engineering available from MIT's OpenCourseware experiment. That course, Laboratory in Software Engineering, looks pretty good as an undergraduate introduction to systems engineering; it uses Java as the implementation language. The materials, especially the lecture notes, are impressive.
more ...C# standardization moves ahead. Microsoft and its allies make a quiet advance in pushing C#, a competitor to Java and a foundation for the company's next-generation Internet services. [CNET News.com] Microsoft is moving towards ISO standardization of the C# language.
more ...Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize. Hooray! I don't know if the country's ever had a better ex-President.
more ...Apollonians Beware! Thoughts on an evening at Sotheby's
more ...1. If you could only choose 1 cd to ever listen to again, what would it be?
The Deutsche Grammophon CD of Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic for Beethoven's Symphonie No. 9.
2. If you could only choose 2 movies to watch ever again, what would they …
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