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Features

  • Thinking Functionally with Haskell
    by Paul Callaghan
    In which Paul explores some powerful ideas about plumbing.
  • The Cloud Saves Money
    by Jesse Anderson
    You know how to manage the move to The Cloud, but what if you’re asked to cost-justify it? Could you?
  • The JavaOne Snooze
    by Brian Tarbox
    Brian returns to the big Java conference and finds it changed.
  • Threads
    by Michael Swaine
    Gary Kildall was a programmer’s programmer.

Departments

  • Up Front
    by Michael Swaine
    Haskell and monads and functional programming, how to cost-justify the move to the cloud, the return of our Quiz department, a report on the JavaOne conference post-Oracle, John Shade on pesky users and their annoying sense of entitlement, our events calendar, Choice Bits, and a recollection of Gary Kildall.
  • Choice Bits
    What books are hot right now, what Twitter is for, and a new featurette, The Talk of the Tech.
  • Calendar
    Author sightings, upcoming conferences, and other events of note.
  • The Quiz
    An occasional diversion at least peripherally related to programming.
  • Shady Illuminations
    by John Shade
    John thinks users are a grinding noise in the gears of progress.
  • But Wait, There’s More...
    Coming attractions and where to go from here.

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