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Some background: I spent many years as an individual contributor to a number of J2ME expert groups including MIDP 2.0, MIDP 3.0 and a number of J2ME APIs ~ around 10 different JSRs over 8+ years. I was a huge proponent of Java for mobile and still am. In the next couple of days, the … Read more
The SimpleOrderedHashtable tech-tip has been updated; see Tech-Tip: A Simple Ordered Hashtable (SimpleOrderedHashtable.java) I also updated the Simple URL encoder tech-tip and moved the code to Gist; see Tech-Tip: Simple URL Encoder. I am moving all my code examples to Gist — an excellent tool/code repository by github, for sharing code with others: Gist is … Read more
There is an article at InfoWorld titled Java is becoming the new Cobol. Before I start, let me say that I welcome the right tool/language for the right type and size of project. I just hate misleading and inaccurate reports. In his article, author Bill Snyder writes a number of things that are misleading, maybe … Read more
(Excerpt from Sun System News, Volume 77, Issue 2) Setting no limits and tying no bounds, Gosling said that his inspiration for Java came by taking a step back, observing and absorbing the changing context of computing during the mid-90s, which was shifting from centralized, disconnected data centers to networks. “In some sense Java wasn't … Read more