Monthly Archives: February 2007

Another solution to the Java equals/compareTo Problem (More or Less)

By Robert Fischer | Published: February 26, 2007

I was talking to some of the people at my new contract here, and I realized I never posted this revelation. There is an partial solution to that annoying Java equals/compareTo issue. After you know that the object that you are comparing to is apparently equal to you, you then need to return this.hashCode() == [...]

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I’m Growing to Hate Associations

By Robert Fischer | Published: February 25, 2007

We’ve had two major snowfalls this year. And in both cases, our association left us snowed into the house for over a day. That’s just unacceptable. To give you an idea what I mean when I say “major snowfalls”, check out the pictures. The Pile-Up at the Garage Door The Pile-Up at the Garage Door [...]

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Well, TFP 2007 is Out

By Robert Fischer | Published: February 20, 2007

The paper that BHurt and I co-authored for TFP 2007 wasn’t accepted. There was a lot of positive feedback about the core of the paper, but they weren’t so keen on the execution. I’m a bit frustrated right now, because I expected TFP to be predominantly academic in focus, and so the paper had that [...]

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Why Java Wants Closures

By Robert Fischer | Published: February 18, 2007

Raganwald’s Excellent Post on Closures It’s also a nice munition for those of you out there trying to convert Java developers over to Ruby.

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Another Ruby-on-Rails Gripe: “acts_as_list”

By Robert Fischer | Published: February 17, 2007

Okay, working on my web app using Ruby on Rails, and I just encountered a new gripe. Now, it may be a newbie gripe, or it may be a genuine issue — I’m not so sure. I’m looking for help if anyone’s got it, but I’m not finding it in either of the $40 books [...]

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