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The Future: Polyglot Programmers
I wrote an article three years ago, “Become a Better Java Programmer – Learn Something Else“, that was subsequently picked up by JavaWorld and DZone and received moderate positive and a bit of negative...
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Lessons From a JUG Talk With Eric ‘ESR’ Raymond
(full video of ESR’s presentation from YouTube below this post) I have been President of the Philadelphia Area Java Users’ Group for 12 years, and as one might expect a typical meeting is geared around...
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Advice From A JUG Leader – Learn A Different Language
The cry of “Java is Dead” has been heard for many years now, yet Java still continues to be among the most used languages/ecosystems. I am not here to declare that Java is dead (it isn’t and won’t be...
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Advice From A JUG Leader II – Debate Breakdown
It’s been a week since I posted “Advice From A JUG Leader – Learn a Different Language” and it seems to have ruffled at least a few feathers in the Java community. As the article has been re-posted...
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How Hackers Choose Tools (thoughts on Paul Graham’s Java’s Cover)
Recently, a 2001 blog post with the title Java’s Cover written by Paul Graham (of Y Combinator fame) spread across Twitter and was linked by all the other usual tech site suspects. The piece was about...
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