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NRegex separated into its own project

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
If you’re interested in my regular expression engine for .NET, you can now download and build it from http://github.com/olabini/nregex. The files will...

Java in the Google Cloud event in London

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Me and Chris Read will talk at an event at Skills Matter in London May 11th. We will be talking about different aspects surrounding the release of Google...

Opinions on F#

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I decided quite early on that I wanted to use F# for a piece of the Ioke implementation. Josh Graham (a colleague at ThoughtWorks) suggested using it for...

Opinions on C# and .NET

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
After my recent exposure to C#, I thought I’d write up my thoughts about it and .NET. These will all mostly be in comparison with Java, rather then Ruby...

.NET and interface madness

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
The original Ioke implementation uses interfaces in place of classes when referring to collections. This is standard in the Java world, and wasn’t something...

Some .NET reflections

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I used to do .NET, when it was new. I’ve been away from it for several years though, so coming back to it feels like jumping in to a new environment....

Ioke for the CLR released

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
The last two weeks I’ve been furiously coding away to be able to do this. And I’m finally at the goal. I am very happy to announce that the first release...

JRuby geek night in Aarhus and Copenhagen

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I will be doing two geek nights, organized by JAOO, in Aarhus, Denmark, and Copenhagen, Denmark. I will be talking about JRuby. If you’re interested in...

Ioke Geek night at ThoughtWorks Bangalore

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) evening, at 6pm, I will give a presentation about Ioke, at the ThoughtWorks office in Bangalore. This is an open event. More information...

Languages should die

almost 3 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
One of those interesting facts about evolution is that most of the species that ever existed are now extinct. There are good reasons for this. The average...