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09 SEP 08
InfoQ: Neal Ford On Programming Languages and Platforms SAVE
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Neal Ford talks about the tendency of having multiple languages running on one of the two major platforms existing today: Java and .NET. He also presents the advantages offered by Ruby compared to static languages like Java or C#
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30 MAY 08
Ben Northrop - Does Programming to Interfaces Buy Us Anything? SAVE
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In the end, I'm not saying that programming to interfaces and not implementations isn't a good thing, just that it's a good thing less often than we think - in other words, it can't just be dogmatically applied.
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26 MAR 08
Dabblers and Blowhards SAVE
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As for the mystical connection between painters and programmers, the famous Lloyd Bentsen put-down keeps coming to mind.... You, sir, are no painter. And while you hack away at your terminal, or ride your homemade Segway, we painters and musicians are goi
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25 NOV 07
Giles Bowkett: Why I Program In Ruby (And Maybe Why You Shouldn't) SAVE
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Ruby was designed to make you feel good. Even Rubyists who want to explain why Ruby makes them feel good often fail to mention that it was expressly designed for that exact purpose. Neal does this in his podcast.
