artima developer newsletter saartimacom artima newsletter march 19 2008 artima developer newsletter march 19 2008 thank subscribing artima developer newsletter subscribers regret unsubscribe algorithm explained end message advertisement artima blogs ideas python 3000 httpwwwartimacomweblogsviewpostjspthread227041 guido van rossum ive posted slides pycon 2008 keynote pythonorg urls plus warning temptation changing apis time porting py3k really important math current state coarsegrained parallelism python httpwwwartimacomweblogsviewpostjspthread227073 bruce eckel one main objectives pycon 2008 hear experiences regarding existing tools parallelizing python programs also find mathematical programming python neal gafter control abstractions java closures proposal httpwwwartimacomforumsflatjspforum276thread227036 closures sometimes used control structures code latest update java closures jsr proposal includes support control abstractions well restricted closures function types neal gafter explains updates closures java proposal recent blog post function currying scala httpwwwartimacomforumsflatjspforum276thread227027 scala makes straightforward developers specify new control structures feel like natural parts language function currying one technique allows scala provide natural programming constructs daniel spiewak discusses function currying uses recent article supporting fixnums jvm httpwwwartimacomforumsflatjspforum276thread226926 john rose lead designer suns hotspot jvm project lead javanet multilanguage jvm project discusses supporting headerless objects jvm illustrating key concepts rubys fixnum type nine rich text editors reviewed httpwwwartimacomforumsflatjspforum276thread226902 rich text editors staple ajax web applications webdistortion web development consultancy recently reviewed nine popular ajax rich text editor components image manipulation flex httpwwwartimacomforumsflatjspforum276thread226851 frequently calledupon task richclient applications image manipulation flex adobes opensource ui framework targets flash runtime provides large set classes image manipulation andrew alderson reviews important ones recent article damien katz critiques erlang httpwwwartimacomforumsflatjspforum276thread226786 damien katz lead developer couchdb nonrelational document database one visible opensource projects using erlang based experience using language couchdb katz reviews erlang grievances recent blog post superlanguages syntactic semantic supersets languages httpwwwartimacomweblogsviewpostjspthread226766 christopher diggins propose term superlanguages describe languages extensible syntax designed implementation domain specific embedded languages support language oriented programming effectively provide superset syntax semantics languages receiving email subscribed artima newsletter likely created user account artimacom subscribers regret may unsubscribe editing settings artimacom user account deselecting artima newsletter checkbox step 1 sign httpwwwartimacomsign_in step 2 edit settings httpwwwartimacomaccount dont remember artimacom user nickname password obtain reminder httpwwwartimacommailpwdjsp artima software inc po box 390122 mountain view ca 94039 usa httpwwwartimacom wed 06 aug 2008 205018 0000 artima developer newsletter march 19 2008