Querying a Dataset with Scala's Pattern Matching
This post is about matching patterns against collections, combining patterns in interesting ways and defining patterns in terms of other patterns. Patterns defined in this way look and feel like a lightweight, domain specific query language. Very little supporting code is required.
Sun Sep 19 16:27:49 EST 2010 more...
Generators in Scala
I was playing around with the continuation support in scala last year. I wanted to create something as useful and easy to use as a python generator.
Tue Sep 14 19:41:30 EST 2010 more...
An Update to the Scala Jetty Wrapper
The JettyS library http://github.com/arnolddevos/JettyS has been updated for Scala 2.8. There is also a workaround for a bug in Jetty 6 associated with setLowResourceMaxIdleTime(). An update to Jetty 7 is coming.
Wed Aug 11 15:42:42 EST 2010 more...
Pimping Servlet and Jetty
Sometimes you just want a servlet, not a whole web application framework. But to a Scala programmer the servlet API is pretty ugly.
Fri Apr 16 09:05:42 EST 2010 more...
Polyphonic Scala Actors Part 2
The Joins module is a non-intrusive extension to the scala actors library that allows an actor to respond to a combination of messages called a chord.
Sat Nov 14 15:56:52 EST 2009 more...
Polyphonic Scala Actors Part 1
An actor responds to one message at a time. What if you want it to recognise some combination of messages? The idea is to respond when a combination, or "chord", occurs irrespective of the order in which the individual messages, or "notes", arrive.
Wed Oct 21 18:44:05 EST 2009 more...
About This Web Site
Its not really a blog, just a collection of notes about programming.
Sat Oct 10 13:12:11 EST 2009 more...