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IKVM basics
So, I’m not much of a java guy, but I need to know how to get at the CLI, given a java interface. Let’s assume for brevity that one has an ubuntu machine available: $ sudo apt-get install ikvm ikvm-native icepick icepick-gcj …. $ mkdir hello-ikvm && cd hello-ikvm $ cat > hello.java class hello…
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Perl 6 on the CLI via DLR; A summary
My goal in attending this year’s Lang.NET Symposium was to determine whether the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is a viable platform on which the Perl 6 language can be implemented. During the talks, I took notes in my blog (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) and on my wiki (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). Since I’ve not historically been much…
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From Lang.NET 2008 – Wednesday
0843 Alrighty… we’re online. I checked in on #debian-mono, and meebey had plenty of suggestions on how to fix the .deb. 0923 There’s a talk on IronRuby. Microsoft is implementing a Ruby compiler on the CLI. It uses the DLR to do the heavy lifting. It is currently slow :) Contributions are being accepted for…
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From Lang.NET 2008 – Tuesday
0834 No snow today. The commute was easy. Last night, I downloaded the DLR and worked with it a little. I’ve hosted a gzipped binary version of the assembly on colliertech.org as well as a bzip2ed tarball of the source. A quick google search tells me that the OSI has approved the Microsoft Public License…
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From Lang.NET 2008 – Monday
Monday 0815 So here I am. It snowed last night, so the drive down was a little crazy. I’ve arrived. They say I represent “Collier Technologies” instead of “Amazon.com.” I hope nobody at work minds. The network is up, people are arriving, we were offered a continental breakfast, and things are going to get started…
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Lang.NET 2008
A few months ago, Mahesh Prakriya stopped by Amazon to discuss the recently merged IronPython project and the changes that it inspired in Microsoft’s .NET implementation. We exchanged email, and he invited me to this year’s Lang.NET symposium. I plan to look for volunteers to contribute to a Perl 6 implementation targeted to the CLI.…
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I had to fill out a Bio today… here’s what I wrote.
My background includes experience in system administration, network operation, technical support, and development of applications on server and client side. My primary operating system is Debian GNU/Linux. My primary programming languages are C# and Perl. I run a small family ISP on a not-for-profit basis: http://colliertech.org/ I am a “charter” member of a group originally…
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RIP (Mary) Norma Coggin Adams
(Sourced from http://www.remickgendron.com/, with corrections) Norma Coggin Adams HAMPTON — Norma Coggin Adams, 79, of 26 Dearborn Ave., died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Exeter Hospital. She was born Nov. 29, 1928, in Lynn, Mass., the daughter of the late John and Esther (Stolpe) Coggin. She was a 1946 graduate of Lynn English High School.…
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RIP Miles Dudley Adams
[ Originally published on: Thursday, January 03, 2008 in the Daily Hampshire Gazette ] NORTHAMPTON – Miles Dudley Adams, 18, died Dec. 30 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield from injuries incurred after being struck by a motor vehicle on Interstate 91. Born in Northampton on March 20, 1989, Miles lived the first seven years…