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Traits vs Inheritance?

Interesting blog post over on Recycled Knowledge which discusses OOP using Traits instead of inheritance. It references Schärli's Traits thesis which looks like it's worth a more in depth read.

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 8:10 PM 0 comments

Some Initial OpenSolaris Links

Well OpenSolaris is out now. Here a few links related to that good news.

• Schillix 0.1 OpenSoalris distribution, includes a nice Live CD for testing Solaris without installing it first.
• Zones vs Jails vs UMLinux via Joost.

Congratulations to all the Sun people involved in this.

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 9:16 PM 0 comments

Design For Future Needs

An interesting report on how designing for future needs enables better planning and policy work within the EU. I discovered this as one of the cases studies is the Heathrow T5 project that some people at work are involved with. Via Past and Vinegar a thoughtful weblog.

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 8:59 PM 0 comments

Thinking of .Nets support for LCG I wonder if Sun has anything up their sleeves to support this kind of thing on the Java VM? Something like CGLib baked into Java would be nice! Come on Tim have a word with someone!

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 8:58 PM 0 comments

Upcoming Iron Python News?

I'm eagerly hoping to hear some upcoming Iron Python news What do you reckon the chances are?.

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 8:50 PM 0 comments