by Greg Turnquist | Aug 30, 2011 | toolbox
I like a good working environment. Don’t you?I’m not talking about the furniture in my office. Instead, I’m referring to how things are organized on my work machine. Do you ever have the feeling that your work is strewn all across the place, and you...
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 27, 2011 | patents
If you follow twitter streams or check blogs, you may have noticed that linked lists are patented. If you read the patent itself, you can see that it was filed in 2002. Heard of the expression “prior art”? Well, let’s try this on for size: Java has a...
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 25, 2011 | pythontestingcookbook
Packt Publishing recently interviewed me about Python Testing Cookbook. I hope you enjoy it.
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 24, 2011 | compiler, java, scala
I have been digging for a couple of days on how to build a Scala List inside Java. The blog entries are hard to find. Most talk about converting a java.util.List into a Scala List from inside Scala. That is not what I’m looking for, but what really infuriated me...
by Greg Turnquist | Aug 18, 2011 | jeos, oracle, vmware
Today I have spent a fair amount of time setting up my own instance of Oracle XE in order to run down some customer issues and find an answer. A nicely written up blog entry from one of my co-workers has provided invaluable information…two years later!Of course,...