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Java Regex Stuff

A few links concerning Java's regular expression handling:

1. Tim Bray on Java outperforming Perl regular expressions.
2. Matt Quail on why Java regular expressions still have some work to do, i.e. not start to throw stack overflow exceptions on (x|y)*.

And people (admittedly geeky kinds of people) wonder why the lack of tail call elimination in the JVM is a problem!

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 9:11 AM 1 comments

Skunk Works

I've recently been interested in the history of the skunk works run by Lockheed during the second world war, here are a couple of links to some PDFs about "skunk works" in modern day business.

• Intrapreneuring: How to run a skunk works project.
• Skunk Works: A Sign of Failure, A Sign of Hope?

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 3:40 PM 3 comments

Bruce Eckel on Process Patterns.

Bruce Eckel recently wrote an interesting piece on the software development process and anti-patterns associated with this process.

posted by Ben Meadowcroft @ 10:23 AM 0 comments