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March 15, 2010

Joe Darcy: Beware of Covariant Overriding in Interface Hierarchies. One of the changes to the Java programming language made back in JDK 5 was the introduction of covariant returns, that is, the ability in a subtype to override a method in a supertype and return a more specific type. For example,

March 14, 2010

Stephen Colebourne: Java language design by use case. In a blog in 2006 Neal Gafter wrote about how language design was fundamentally different to API design and how use cases were a bad approach to language design. This blog questions some of those conclusions in the context of the Java language.

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May 01, 2007

Matthias Ernst: DLR

category: Developers

Microsoft announces DLR, the Dynamic Language Runtime. More details to come so stay tuned on Jims blog. If Im not mistaken its a pure user-space implementation right now that tries to standardize functionality required for impleme...

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Kelly OHair (bsc): Teamware/SCCS history conversion to Mercurial

category: Developers

Silver Falls, Oregon. No, it doesnt use Mercurial, yet.

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Stephen Colebourne: Cautious welcome on closure JSR - too soon for consensus

category: Developers

Neal Gafter announced a draft closures JSR a few days ago. Id like to give the JSR a cautious welcome, but also wish to emphasise that the consensus term could be misleading.

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David Herron: Ubuntu and easily installable JDKs

category: Developers

Last week that Feisty Fawn escaped the group at Ubuntu and caused quite a splash in Javaland by having The JDK easily installable. As an Ubuntu user Im happy about this, and as a DLJ project member Im even happier...

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EE Times: Sun tapes out Niagara 2, faces 45nm challenge

category: Java Technology

Sun Microsystems has taped out its highly integrated Niagara 2 and Rock processors, but the company faces a major hurdle getting access...

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Sun Microsystems and KGO Radio Present Eco Live! 2007 in San Francisco Featuring Robert F. Kenned...

category: Main

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) and KGO Radio present Eco Live! 2007 in San Francisco with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dave Douglas, Sun Microsystems VP of Eco Responsibility, will discuss how business can reduce its environmental impact and invite the commu...

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Mobile and Embedded Podcast 2: Report From Brazil

category: Java Technology

In the second podcast in our Mobile and Embedded Community series, leader Roger Brinkley and tech evangelist Terrence Barr highlight the latest community technology news, and then report on the April events in Brazil at Sun Tech Days and the FISL confe...

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Sun Labs Open House

category: Main

Sun researchers show off new technologies designed to improve workplace collaboration, create a better online multimedia delivery system, secure Web 2.0, and more.

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Q&A on Upcoming Sun Studio 12 Release

category: Developers

Kuldip Oberoi, Product Line Manager in Developer Tools and Emerging Internet Technologies, discusses the upcoming release, Sun Studio 12, and why it is the most important release to date.

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Fish for a Flat-Screen TV

category: Developers

Blog about GlassFish for a chance to win a 52-inch LCD HD TV. Contest runs May 1-June 15, 2007.

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