Jack Cough on Software

I plan on going back to grad school, full time maybe, part time maybe. I want to go for language design, as that's really all I'm in...

Monday, February 23rd, meeting of NYSE , or New York Scala Enthusiasts*. I suspect I'll be presenting regularly, but I won't be pres...

In Scala, there is a language feature generally referred to as "The Apply Method" that has the following rules: Any object that ha...

I'm on the train, trying to do a build, and this happens: [INFO] -----------------------------------------------------------------------...

I know I promised to explain some things that I still haven't explained, but unfortunately I won't be doing that just yet. I've ...

(Quick Note: If you just want to skip to the code, it's interspersed throughout the post. But, for your convenience, I've also put i...

WARNING: Today I changed this code all around, and I'll be reposting it soon. This post is still cool, and nothing is wrong with it, but...

As promised, here is where I'll be maintaining the things I like about Ruby better than Scala. In general, I do think I prefer programmi...

In this post, I'll be maintaining a list of things I like more about Scala, over Ruby. I am also maintaining a similar, opposite list - ...

For people that care (probably just myself, but I hold out hope), I'm going to spew out a list of the things I'm working on, posts t...

I'm going to write up a Scala version of foldLeft in the style of The Little Schemer . What is 0 + (1 + 2 + 3)? >6 What is 0 + (1 + 2...

I've been refactoring Scala literally for days. It's fantastic how much I've learned over the last year. I knew a little bit abo...

I'm still refactoring my Scala CPU Simulator code, as I keep finding ways to just lop off piles of unneeded code. In this latest example...

I wrote a cool Equalizer class in Scala that allows me to do assertions that are more readable than traditional assertions. Quick side note:...

I'm preparing to learn Ruby (though I've already tinkered with it some), and to do so, I'm going to revisit my CPU Simulator pro...

For the past several months I've been giving my life to a cause that I now believe will fail miserably. I've decided to leave the NY...

Maybe this feature exists in some language, I'm not sure. My inexperience is letting me down. :( Here is what I want, as demonstrated in...

I'm assuming (maybe incorrectly) that most of the Actors that will be written will simply want to react to messages, forever. Something ...

Scala doesn't have language level support for enumerations, but I think its fairly easy to argue that its a good thing. First, something...

I've it said before (and people a lot smarter than me like Gilad Bracha), and I'll say it again: Constructors are Evil. Unfortunatel...