Friday, May 30, 2008

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Sorry Facebook, Jeff Pulver DOES NOT Have Too Many Friends

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Sorry Facebook, Jeff Pulver DOES NOT Have Too Many Friends: "So instead of waiting for Facebook to raise the limit on the number of friends I can have..."

Good grief. There must be something that I'm missing. I just don't get it.

Slashdot | Internet-Based Realtors Win Monster Settlement

Slashdot | Internet-Based Realtors Win Monster Settlement: "Internet-Based Realtors Win Monster Settlement"

WOW! All I can say is this is a win for the consumer. Perhaps the downturn in the real estate market helped?

Monday, May 19, 2008

Zuckerberg: We're Not Selling Facebook, Probably (MSFT) - Silicon Alley Insider

Zuckerberg: We're Not Selling Facebook, Probably (MSFT) - Silicon Alley Insider: "Also, Facebook in Japan? Interesting. Far as we know that's the third non-U.S. version the startup has launched (four, including a Spanish-language version)."

I'd say smart.

Entropy Overload: The point of VMs

Entropy Overload: The point of VMs: "Abstract machine: Developments in programming language fashions have made object orientation come to the fore (perhaps even too much to the fore). However, our physical machines map much closer to procedural code and a separation between code and data than the trends in language and architecture design."

The bolding is mine. It is not the main point of the post which is a nice attempt (not that I'm any expert in the area of VMs) to explain what makes a VM a VM. Thanks Barry for giving me a pointer to it in the comments from my previous posting.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Interoperability Happens - Clearly Thinking... whether in Language, or otherwise

Interoperability Happens - Clearly Thinking... whether in Language, or otherwise: "it's not a VM, it's an interpreter"

This comment is about Erlang. Yet, lately my thinking has been an interpreter is a VM.