Monthly Archives: August 2009

Why not use java clone method

Posted on 26 Aug 2009 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

The Java Language is very nice. It has a lot of useful features and APIs. But it isn’t perfect. There are a lot of bad design decisions that, due to the decision of maintaining full backwards compatibility, stays as they … Continue reading →

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Import statements in Scala

Posted on 18 Aug 2009 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

One more baby step into Scala, in this second of a series of posts. Import statements. Scala’s import statements are very similar to Java’s, but with some small differences that allow you to write more concise code. Take a look … Continue reading →

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Scala First Impressions

Posted on 4 Aug 2009 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Somewhere in the last few months,  I decided to learn Scala. And master it. There are several reasons to do this, but a couple of them is enough for me: The desire to learn something new, different. Java is nice, … Continue reading →

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