Illegal Argument: Illegal Argument Episode 53

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Mark, along with co-host Greg's ongoing discussions and arguments relating to the Java/JVM and general development/language space with an Auckland and New Zealand focus.

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Illegal Argument Episode 53

Nov 2, 2010

LinkedIn publishes use case for Scala, JRuby and Voldemort. Tool called Signal whats really interesting are all the stuff they open sourced that sits on Lucene as part of it: SNA LinkedIn: Search, Networks, Analytics
Cedric Busts’ interview said it was very unusual, all their stuff is Java He complains about unnecessary complexity in Scala and how dynamic languages aren’t suitable for large code bases
James Strachen on why Scala is o-SOME - man this guys eyes scare me!
Apple indicates it will dropJava for newer versions of Mac OS X
IE9 shaping up to be crap
Software Craftsmen are Dangerous. With a Capital D. Why should we care about Software Craftsmanship?
Has JEE6 killed the need for Spring?

Theme music “Past within a future” by Fractals, used under Creative Commons.