Is there a product in the "cheaply deployable" range (say \~\$100) that you can point at a significant SQL Server database and it parses the foreign key relationships and presents a table viewer in which the values in the foreign-key column automatically hyperlink to the relevant table? And this tool …
more ...The source code to the Microsoft.Scripting namespace is available at http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=438
A review of the IronPython codebase in the release makes the early-stage processing look pretty close to the (well-designed) IronPython 1.0 release: there's a language-specific tokenizer, parser, AST …
more ...The preliminary documentation for the DLR is included in the IronPython-2.0A1-Doc.zip download at http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=438 :
more ...We're leveraging the learning we did on IronPython to extract elements that could be common amongst languages (dynamic type system, hosting APIs, cached method dispatch …
Sam Gentile enthuses about the availability of the CLR on the Mac. Another thing is that Mac users, like PDA users, appear to be more willing to support small/Micro ISVs. Whether that would hold true for a Silverlight (i.e., non-native) UI, I don't know. But maybe I'll buy …
more ...I'll be listening to this podcast ASAP.
more ...Charles Petzold and Jeff Atwood have gotten in a bit of a kerfluffle that, I think, is an unfortunate example of how online writing can escalate and over-dramatize disagreements between even two talented writers. I'm sure that Atwood appreciates Petzold's work and I'm sure that Petzold appreciates constructive criticism. I'm …
more ...That Microsoft was going to increase support for dynamic languages is no surprise: they've been talking about that since (at least) PDC '03 and various hires and initiatives have clearly been in the works. I haven't seen the DLR yet, but my big question is: what version / runtime / patch level …
more ...Ozzie compared Google's position to Sony's position with the PS2 a few years ago. But doesn't that make IBM Nintendo?
more ...Scott Guthrie just announced IronRuby! Yeehaw!!!!!!
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Silverlight binding; demoing on Mac
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Dynamic Language Runtime announced
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"Shipping later this week" (I'm sure he means shipping a beta / CTP)
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Uses Ruby naming scheme when programming .NET libraries (weird. Not sure I like that.)
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"Switch the console into Python mode, Ruby mode, VB …
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