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OpenJDK now available for Windows
We are pleased to announce the availability of OpenJDK 8 for Windows. OpenJDK is a fully open-source implementation of the Java SE specification. It is comparable in performance to Oracle and IBM
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List of scientific papers found in OpenJDK source code
List of Scientific Papers found in Java source code
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GNU Toolchain Update – GDB now supports Rust
This is the mail archive of the gcc@gcc.gnu.org mailing list for the GCC project .
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Tutorial – Write a System Call
Stephen Brennan's personal website and blog.
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How to Code and Understand DeepMind's Neural Stack Machine in Python
A machine learning craftsmanship blog.
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Code Page 437 Refuses to Die
I am updating volume 2 of Core Java and got stuck on the section on text files in the internationalization chapter. How hard can this be in 2016? Surely everyone uses UTF-8 these days. Or do they? Make a file Test.java
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Webpack 2.2 – Release Candidate
The talks of webpack 2 started back in January of 2015. Since then we have published multiple versions from 2.0 to 2.1-beta.28.
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Overview of Running an Online Game for 3 Years
It’s been roughly 3 years since DDraceNetwork (DDNet) started in the summer of 2013. Last year I wrote a non-technical History of DDNet . Today in this post we will dive into the technical side of what makes DDNet run.
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Clojure 2015 Year in Review
Another year, another year-in-review post. To be honest, I feel like any attempt I make to summarize what happened in the Clojure world this year is largely moot. Clojure has gotten so big, so — dare I say it? — mainstream that I can’t even begin to keep up with all the interesting things that are happening. But it’s…
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Unexecute
This here is the epitome of craziness. I could very well give up my search for more scary things in Emacs because I very much doubt I’ll find anything more fear-inducing, but first of all, let’s explain what’s wrong with it. Unlike my previous examples it’s not something I can show you by just pointing at code…
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From Chrome Apps to the Web
Note: The timeline has been updated. Please see our October 2021 post for more details. We have always believed in making the open, inter...
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Build Your First Thing with WebAssembly
When I first heard of it sure sounded cool and I was super excited to start trying it out. As soon as I tried to get started however, it got a lot more frustrating. My goal here is to save you some of that frustration.
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Contributing os.scandir() to Python
My experience contributing a medium-sized feature (os.scandir) to the Python 3.5 standard library.
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Voice Recognition and Text to Speech in Python
It’s tough for an aspiring Iron Man to work on creating their personal AI assistant on the weekends. Like any other time-pressured inventor without a PhD in computer science and linguistics, …
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Oracle and the fall of Java EE
Recently there has been a lot of ramblings in the interwebz about Oracle removing its funding for Java EE. A long piece by Ars Technica ...