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Bottom Types in Dynamic Languages

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
On the Friday of QCon, Sir Tony Hoare held a presentation about the null reference. This was interesting stuff, and it tied into something I’ve been thinking...

The ThoughtWorks Geek Night

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Last Tuesday ThoughtWorks hosted a Geek Night, where I was the headline. My presentation was about Creating languages for the JVM, which as it turns out...

QCon London - Summary

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
All in all, QCon London this year was amazing. I find it interesting that from the first time I attended QCon I thought they were exceptionally good. And...

QCon London - Friday

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
The last day of any conference can sometimes get a weak schedule, since many organizers feel that people have a tendency to be wiped out after all the previous...

QCon London - Thursday

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I started the second day quite late. There were a few sessions I wanted to see there but not enough to get out of bed early enough. After lunch I saw parts...

QCon London - Wednesday (Emerging Languages)

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
The first day of the proper QCon conference started out with Sir Tony Hoare doing a keynote about the difference and overlap between the science and engineering...

QCon London - Tutorials

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
The first two days of QCon London were tutorials. I didn’t actually spend all my time there, since I had to get back to our office at some times too....

QCon London and Ioke Geek night

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
In one and a half week, QCon London is coming up. That will be a week of great fun, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who has the possibility to be...

Amsterdam.rb

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
This Monday I took a trip to Amsterdam to attend and present at Amsterdam.rb. TTY, the company hosting this months meeting, had managed to get a pretty...

Ioke at Amsterdam.rb

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Monday evening I’ll be in Amsterdam, talking about Ioke to Amsterdam.rb, inbetween some other presentations. Seeing as this is going to be the first public...