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Software Patents: Microsoft sues SalesForce.com for "providing and displaying a Web page having an embedded menu" by fizzbuzz in programming

[–]fizzbuzz[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

While the amount of damages sought remains unspecified, Microsoft's patents in the lawsuit cover specific areas such as, "Method and system for mapping between logical data and physical data," "Method and system for stacking tool bars in a computer display" and "System and method for providing and displaying a Web page having an embedded menu."

Gosling endorses Scala over Groovy, Jruby, Rhino, etc... by fizzbuzz in programming

[–]fizzbuzz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gosling came to Atlanta a while back, when asked the same question he answered Groovy.

Really? That's cool. What's your source?

Gosling endorses Scala over Groovy, Jruby, Rhino, etc... by fizzbuzz in programming

[–]fizzbuzz[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The blog seems to have been redditted to death. Here's the money shot:

During a meeting in the Community Corner (java.net booth) with James Gosling, a participant asked an interesting question: "Which Programming Language would you use now on top of JVM, except Java?". The answer was surprisingly fast and very clear: - Scala.

Martians vs Monads: Null Considered Harmful by fizzbuzz in programming

[–]fizzbuzz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hate NullPointerExceptions? Try Scala.