Carlos Perez's WeblogArtima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers.Has Java Reached The Inefficiency Phase- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Adding Generics to the Java language isn't going to revolutionary change the status quo. People extremely over estimate the value of language constructs in the overall scheme of providing compelling solutions to a customer.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=19393 10 Fallacies of Software Analysis and Design- (Found July 8, 2008 ) There are a lot of ideas in software engineering are considered as truth until someone pinpoints the fallacies. Peter Deutsch first came up with his "Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing" to debunk misconceptions about distributed computing. I happen to have a list of my own. Here are 10 Fallacies of Software Analysis and Design.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=57224 The Architecture of Participation vesus Hacking- (Found July 8, 2008 ) If one considers hacking as solely an individual activity, then the limits of expression does have a non-negligible impact on productivity. However, when we involve groups of people, then a language that "supports communities" bests out a "Hacker" language.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=63261 SOAP is Comatose But Not Officially Dead!- (Found July 8, 2008 ) SOAP is comatose, but hasn't declared legally dead by either IBM or Microsoft. But how did this all happen Isn't SOAP the underpinnings of Web Services, the same technology that was billed as the silver bullet to extinguish our collective integration nightmare Well the time of reckoning has now arrived.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=95113 Java Is a Language for the Masses- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Dumbing down the language by not providing more powerful expressions is a way of promoting to a wider audience. However, is it the only way of supporting communitieshttp://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=5246 |