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One VM to Rule Them All

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Yesterday, Patrick Logan dissed the idea of one true VM. I have to agree on that account, things like Iron Python and JRuby have always left me cold. It may be that the native VMs have their problems, but simply to do…

Thinking in Language

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A couple of folks have taken me to task over some of the things I said. or didn’t
say. in my last blog piece. So, in no particular order, let’s discuss.

A few commented on how I left out commentary on language X, Y o…

Making it stick.: Huh?: “The fact that it runs on its own interpreter, bad.”

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What is this obsession with some virtual machine being the one, true byte code? The Java Virtual Machine, the CLR, Parrot, whatever. Give it up.

I agree with Steve Vinoski.

The fact that it runs on its own i…

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Making it stick.: Another Dynamic Tools Topic: Are You Learning Toward Or Running Away?

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(Via Bill de hÓra)

Ian Bicking:

“It’s the second generation that’s going to be less enthused, that’s going to stare in bafflement at these classes that mysteriously spawn methods, and trying to figure out what’s…

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Making It Stick (Patrick Logan): Gilad Bracha, Anti-Monkeypatcher

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Gilad Bracha writes.

So far, I have no firm conclusions about how to best address the problems monkey patching is trying to solve. I don’t deny that it is expedient and tempting. Much of the appeal of dynamic l…

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Covers

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Peter Saint-Andre writes about some favorite cover songs. Here are some of mine that come to mind:

Dave Mason’s “All Along the Watchtower” is a cover of Hendrix’s cover.

Peter Frampton’s “While My Guitar Gently…

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Simplicity

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Joe Armstrong in a DDJ interview.

Some pretty fast-moving startups in the financial world have latched onto Erlang; for example, the Swedish www.kreditor.se. Erlang gives them a great commercial advantage over t…