This is a podcast where Scott Klement and I are interviewed by Jon Paris concerning our thoughts on RPG calling other languages like C and Java.
http://systeminetwork.com/podcasts/rpg-db2-summit-series-podcast-1
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Yesterday I was confronted with the issue of disk utilization being at 87% on my AS400 and realized I had better do some research to see what was hogging all the space. I for sure thought the space might be getting used because of the increase in activity on the box as of late (i.e. [...]
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In the end I think this is just a ploy to take Java off the market so IBM can take RPG to the next level – yes, now it is fairly obvious to me :-)
I must say that I have always thought about it but NEVER thought it would happen.
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For those that haven’t already heard about the latest cool thing to be doing during lunch on Friday’s I will give you some sound advice – listen to iWeekly – a live radio show put on by RPGWorld.com. Bob Cozzi is the guy behind it and he invites little ol’ me to participate (thanks Bob). [...]
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I was working on my machine the other day and was seemingly having a hard time getting the right version of Java to run from QShell. I tried a bunch of things only to find out later that I named my SystemDefaults.properties with an extra ’s’ (i.e. it should be Default not Defaults). In the [...]
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Was doing my usual defrag of the VirtualBox Windows install I have and decided I should learn how Linux does it. Turns out Linux doesn’t really need it:
http://www.itworld.com/nls_unixfrag040929
Cool!
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