Funky Java and Objective Scala

[David Stevens]

In case you didn't know, Dick's Devoxx '09 talk is up on http://parleys.com
for free viewing.
Just watched it and thought it was great :)

David

[Dick Wall]

Thanks David - that means a lot - I was a bit flustered when I first
got in there because I had rushed from the Posse session, but I think
it turned out alright in the end.

Cheers

Dick

On Mar 3, 6:55 am, David Stevens <stevensdav...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> In case you didn't know, Dick's Devoxx '09 talk is up onhttp://parleys.com

[Erlend Hamnaberg]

I noticed that you used Linux for the presentation. Which presentation tool did you use? It didn't look like OpenOffice Impress.

Overall a good presentation. Keep it up:)

> for free viewing. > Just watched it and thought it was great :) > > David -- You received this m...

[David Stevens]

Apart from all the juicy goodness in the presentation (and there was a
lot), I really liked the way you implemented the code using some real-
world examples from your day job at Navigenics. It was fascinating to
hear you talk about the kind of challenges you face and the kind of
techniques you're using to solve them. Also, the way you managed to
incorporate some strawman code based on Neil Gafter's surprise
announcement about closures was very cool ;)

There's an interesting talk on TED by David Agus (co-founder of
Navigenics) giving a high-level scientific overview of the work done
there:
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer.html

It will be interesting to see Dick's updated presentation at the
Oracle conference, where hopefully the closures API will be ready :)

David

[Dick Wall]

The presentation was indeed on Linux, I can't remember now whether I
used OpenOffice or Google Docs, probably the latter, but I use both,
depending on the circumstances. I always make sure to have the Google
docs version available, that way if some catastrophe occurs, I can
borrow any laptop and have the presentation up in seconds.

The changes for the strawman proposal were made the night before the
presentation - Devoxx is good for that, you can change slides right up
to the last minute.

I will be submitting the abstract for JavaOne, and I hope it makes it
- then again I put it in for last year and it didn't make the cut -
competition is fierce for those few slots (I know, I have been on the
selection committee for the past 3-4 years), but it would be nice to
have an excuse to update it with real Java closures examples, and
maybe to demo lombok on NetBeans or IDEA this time as well.

Cheers

Dick

On Mar 4, 3:57 am, David Stevens <stevensdav...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Apart from all the juicy goodness in the presentation (and there was a
> lot), I really liked the way you implemented the code using some real-
> world examples from your day job at Navigenics. It was fascinating to
> hear you talk about the kind of challenges you face and the kind of
> techniques you're using to solve them. Also, the way you managed to
> incorporate some strawman code based on Neil Gafter's surprise
> announcement about closures was very cool ;)
>
> There's an interesting talk on TED by David Agus (co-founder of
> Navigenics) giving a high-level scientific overview of the work done

> there:http://www.ted.com/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_canc...

[Mark Fortner]

Thanks Dick.  This was an interesting talk.  One slight clarification: a homozygous NN is usually called a "wildtype".

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