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JvYAML and RbYAML - what's to come?

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I know I've posted about the next release of JvYAML a few times, but going has gotten tough, since there are so many interesting projects to work at. Anyway...

Rails, Databases, ActiveRecord and the path toward...

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
The last two days I've spent some thought on databases and Rails. I haven't gotten far, but I do know that Rails have serious trouble with regard to databases...

The limits of power: What Lisp can do but Ruby can...

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI. [Linked from: Relevance blog]
I've for a long time been thinking about where Ruby's limits are, compared to Lisp. As I see Lisp as the ultimate power, this is mostly about trying to...

RailsConf EU, part 3

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Drat. I missed _why's keynote speech. Oh well, I hear they recorded everything in the congress hall, so now I'm just waiting for a podcast of it. What I...

RailsConfEU, part2

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
After watching the Rails speaks C-session, I went to lunch. Got back to see the session on Capistrano. Sadly, it wast most about the new features and not...

RailsConfEU, part 1

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
About ten minutes ago, Kathy Sierra finished her part of the plenary session for RailsConf. She was preceded by DHH and they talked for about an hour each...

London arrival

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
My London arrival yesterday was really abysmal. Our flight was two hours late and when we finally arrived at our hotel (Russell Hotel: never live there...

My London Schedule

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday), me and my colleagues will land in London for RailsConfEU. It will be a hectic time but I'm counting on many interesting presentations...

First the Sun, then the world

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
As has been announced at various places today, Sun has made it official that they hire Charles O Nutter and Thomas Enebo to work full time on JRuby and...

ActiveRecord-JDBC 0.2.0

over 5 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Earlier today I finally released version 0.2.0 of ActiveRecord-JDBC. Since it contains fairly big changes I decided to bump the version number a bit, from...