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- JIT Compiler
- (Just-In-Time compiler) A compiler that converts program source code into native machine code just before the program is run. In the case of Java, a JIT compiler converts...
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- The Simplest Heuristics May Be the Best in Java JIT Compilers
- The simplest strategy in Java just-in-time JIT compilers is to compile each Java method the first time it is called. However, better performance can often be obtained by selectively compiling methods based on heuristics of how often they are likely to be called during the rest of the program's execution....
- Tags: Heuristics, Java, Compiler, JIT, JIT Compiler, Quality, Development Tools, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development
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- 2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced
- Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...
- Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Code OnTime Generator (exe)
- Code OnTime Generator is a unique general purpose free code generator for Microsoft.NET. Built as an open platform with XML, XPath, XSLT, and AJAX, the tool redefines the way you think and approach the code generation. The built-in Code DOM compiler will transform your program coded in XML into Visual...
- Tags: Code Generator, Code OnTime, Code OnTime Generator, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destination
- Tahiti: Microsoft's ultimate many-core destinationmulticoreinfo.comCheck out http://multicoreinfo.com for multicore related news and programming resources.Tired of CoresI'm tired of the core nonsense. How about we use the existing cores more effectively?Anyone stick a scratched CD/DVD into a Vista machine and enjoy the explorer freeze-up while some blocking i/o is going on?...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Tahiti, multi-core, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs
- Kris Kaspersky, author of numerous books on reverse engineering and software engineering, will be presenting his research on remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs at the upcoming Hack in the Box Security Conference in Malaysia. If his proof of concept code consisting of JavaScript or TCP/IP packet attacks on...
- Tags: CPU, Intel Corp., Processors, Security, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and Sapphire
- On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and SapphireFinally...So finally, Microsoft is embedding the .net framework into windows.. of course I totally agree, I mean I wanted that (http://www.amreldib.com/2007/12/windows-7-what-it-rumored-to-have-and.html) to happen.The managed code concept will really put the OS in charge of running all the applications and their security and...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Microsoft Corp., RedHawk, Midori, SAPPHIRE, MinSafe, backward compatibility
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses
- After pulling its "Sandcastle" documentation compiler from its CodePlex repository site for failure to comply with Open Source Initiative terms and conditions, Microsoft is ready to try releasing "Sandcastle" again under one of its OSI-approved licenses. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, OSI, Source Code, Microsoft Corp., Sandcastle, CodePlex, Team Management, Open Source, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Linux's dirty little secret
- Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft
- Apple's quiet preview of OS X.6 - Snow Leopard - promises ". . . unrivaled support for multi-core processors . . . " through a "new set of technologies" named Grand Central. What makes Grand Central so powerful - and how can Microsoft respond? Fresh from Google's...
- Tags: Performance, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframeumm, good pointI'll change it to electro-mechanical.Thanks!possible error?[i]It was the first successful system designed “from the ground up” to advance automated data processing by replacing the physical cards and associated electro-mechanical gear with purely digital processing and magnetic tape or disk storage,...
- Tags: Content management, Enterprise software, Mainframes, data-processing, IBM mainframe, mainframe, content management system, IBM Corp., IBM O/S, zVSE, memory, MVS
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Snow Leopard to leave PowerPC users out in the cold?
- Snow Leopard to leave PowerPC users out in the cold?Well, every platform eventually comes to an endIt does not mean that because the developer tools are "Intel only" the environment will be unable to generate PowerPC binaries, e.g., the gcc compiler can emit binaries for all manner of CPU architectures.Apple...
- Tags: Processors, Power PC architecture, IBM PowerPC, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., PowerPC user, cold
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Thinking about multicore and software
- Thinking about multicore and softwareThanks! NT:)RE: Thinking about multicore and softwarePaul,Provided a link to this blog on http://www.multicoreinfo.com , which is a website for resources related to multicore processors.Independent JobsIn the Enterprise, dual core makes sense for handling anti-virus, encryption, and other annoying security overhead functions. When you start...
- Tags: Network technology, open source, T2, MULTICS & PAPPL, Thinking about multicore, hardware, software
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- After outcry from various constituencies over the past couple of days, Microsoft has pulled from its CodePlex site its Sandcastle project for failure to comply with the terms and conditions required in order to be qualify as bona-fide open source. Sandcastle is a documentation compiler for managed...
- Tags: OSI, Open Source Initiative, Microsoft Corp., Sandcastle, Open Source, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- BIt: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe This is the 4th excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Note that the section this is taken from, on the evolution of...
- Tags: IBM Mainframe, Environment, Mainframe, Data-processing, Computer, COBOL, IBM Corp., Flowmatic, Data Division, Identification Division, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- GWT fireside chat
- I'm still wading through all the notes I took at the Google I/O 2008 conference last week. If you want to see pictures, check out my flickr photoset (183 photos). While I was there, I went to two sessions called "fireside chats". Although there was no fire...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Web Toolkit, Google Web Toolkit 1.5, JS, Q., Q. Google Web Toolkit 1.5, Q. Model, Programming Languages, RPC, Development Tools, Java, Scripting Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking, Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Patrick Brady dissects Android
- Patrick Brady of Google's partner group provided a detailed technical tour of the internals of the Android platform during his recent talk at Google I/O 2008 titled "Anatomy and Physiology of an Android". Topics included Linux kernel enhancements, the Bionic library (Google's slimmed down version of libc), Android functional and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Library, Hardware, Patrick Brady, Android, Bionic, Surfaces, Audio Flinger, Dalvik, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu's Volkswagen
- 2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Volkswagen AG, GNOME, Software Update Utility, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- The tattered history of OOP
- The tattered history of OOPCalling for Mom ..SOAP etc are not themselves messaging based, they're messaging protocols - i.e. message carriers that are not internally implemented using object messaging.OOP!Crieky, I had no idea OOP had been through so much! We're just about to start using Zend Framework PHP, I might...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Programming languages, Message Passing, object-oriented programming, Java, Smalltalk
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- The tattered history of OOP
- This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...
- Tags: Message, Software, Object-oriented Programming, Smalltalk, Idea, Data, Object-oriented, Unix, Object, Alan Kay, Way Object-orientation, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
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