Description:
Support for and criticism of the Java System.
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In aspect-oriented programming (AOP), for example AspectJ, one can specify when the aspect is called; whereas, in OOP, a method could be called from anywhere, within its scope.
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In aspect-oriented programming (AOP), for example AspectJ, one can specify when the aspect is called; whereas, in OOP, a method could be called from anywhere, within its scope. Would there be a software engineering advantage, to control who may call a method? That is, a way to manage the call sites of the method.... more »
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Off topic, Windows Vista failure
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Windows Vista update went off the rails, rebooting over and over. It has taken two days to recover. Now it is about to install the new update again, which may blow me out the water again. Is anyone else seeing this? Surely MS should let you download a DVD with all the accumulated updates on it. It takes hours and hours to download all the patches... more »
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Toward Faster Boot
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Consider someone who does transcription. She arrives at a lecture. They don't let her in more than a few minutes before the lecture starts. The AC-powered laptop with aux screen takes so long to boot up, she misses the initial part of the lecture. Back in the DOS days, Abundance apps could freeze themselves as a RAM... more »
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