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In pursuit and in flight

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There is currently in Kazan an exhibition of the works of the Tatar painter Baki Urmanche (1897-1990). One of his early drawings is entitled “The painter, the muse, and death” [1]: It makes a good point. Not just about painters. Note [1] Художник, муза и смерть. The first word means “artist” but also, more specifically, … Read more




The CPU Clock principle of software releases

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On how to build software, there is still much we do not know for sure; but we have also learned a few principles that can be considered firm.  By definition these are not new ideas; today’s principle, for example, is related to what agile developers know as “timeboxing”. But even if they have been published … Read more




Do you know Java?

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I am jealous of Emmanuel (Manu) Stapf who blogged about this before I had the time to; but I can at least refer you to his entry [1]. The idea actually comes from Martin Nordio, who as part of his thesis work formalized the exception semantics of both Eiffel and Java. In the process he … Read more