Recently, I have decided that I want to start writing some extensions for the MediaWiki wiki engine. This is, in addition to being a chance for me get a hands-on knowledge of the project and its code base, a real opportunity to actually contribute to the software I have been using for ages. Of course,…
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JPowerPack
I have been busying myself lately with writing a set of powerful tools for any Java programmer, dubbed JPowerPack. This might seem — and indeed, to myself, it sort of does — like an ambitious and arrogant bearing, but I feel like I have the knowledge at the moment to try and embark on this….
First impression of Scala
Even though generally speaking, I am against choosing symbolic programming over verbose and well-readable code, I have to admit that this code snippet taken from the Wikipedia entry on Scala is nothing short of beautiful: def qsort(list: List[Int]): List[Int] = list match { case Nil => Nil case pivot :: tail => { val (smaller,…