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Comment on does your employer suck? by Gregg

Gregg — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:16:33 +0000

Hi Colin,

Yeah I had looked at the BizSpark thing in the past. It is a very good deal. My only concern with it is that overheads with SQL Server when the grace period comes to an end. I’ve been working with Ruby and Mysql quite a bit recently in work and I’m (gradually) thinking it’s a pretty cool combination. That said, I’m thinking about doing stuff with the matching algorithms, and when it comes to things like that it’s more in the field of C#. Or maybe even a little Scala – just can’t bare to go down the Java route.

Comment on does your employer suck? by Colin Gemmell

Colin Gemmell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:14:20 +0000

I know how much you love microsoft, but I thought it was worth mentioning there BizSpark and WebSpark programs. Essentially you get 3 years free access to a lot of stuff that microsoft put out for developers plus you get teamed with another company who can help with everything from hosting projects to business advice etc.

Not a bad deal if you ask me.

Comment on academics don’t care and industry doesn’t have the time by Mark Dalgarno

Mark Dalgarno — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:38:44 +0000

As a Lisp developer it’s pretty depressing that ‘mainstream’ languages still haven’t caught up with what we’ve had in Common Lisp since the early 90s. I *am* excited by greater interest in functional programing languages, particularly Clojure which has many of Lisp’s features.

Comment on idiot’s guide to linux on amazon ec2 – part 1 by idiot’s guide to linux on amazon ec2 – part 2 | Equivalence

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Comment on idiot’s guide to linux on amazon ec2 – part 1 by alexis

alexis — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:22:20 +0000

Nice post! We have also just been through this with our own AMIs. It would be great to ‘compare notes’. See http://www.rabbitmq.com/ec2.html if you are interested.

Cheers,

alexis

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Comment on idiot’s guide to linux on amazon ec2 – part 1 by idiot’s guide to linux on amazon ec2 › ec2base

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Comment on academics don’t care and industry doesn’t have the time by Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:32:47 +0000

Well said Peter. Now what did I do with that Jetpac of mine……

Comment on academics don’t care and industry doesn’t have the time by Peter

Peter — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:28:42 +0000

Aye its about time the boffins got there finger out,I thought computers and robots would be doing all the mundane stuff these days,and we would all have time to play with our Jetpacs and Time machines.

Comment on academics don’t care and industry doesn’t have the time by Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:41:47 +0000

Hi Joe, thanks for the comment, some good points.

True, we have seen a rise in dynamic languages over the last 10 years however dynamic typing was also present in Lisp. What we can definitely say is that it has now become easier to use such technologies in industry without too much stigma.

I did put some thought in about the availability of frameworks and how much they are pushing us forward. For sure, they now make it far easier for people to create apps quickly and, possibly, produce more reliable applications. However, are we missing the bigger picture somehow? If not, are we saying that programming languages as we know them are as evolved as they are going to be. This I’m not sure about.