RSS Digest: Week Ending 04-Feb-2011

Java

Re-booting OpenJDK governance
http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/openjdk_gov_reboot

How to explain growing Worker Threads under Load
https://community.dynatrace.com/community/display/PUB/How+to+explain+growing+Worker+Threads+under+Load

Visualising Garbage Collection in the JVM
http://redstack.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/visualising-garbage-collection-in-the-jvm/

Java Memory Model - Quick overview and things to notice
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/02/java-memory-model-quick-overview-and.html


Technology

Next-gen iPad spotted at The Daily launch
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/364963/next-gen-ipad-spotted-at-the-daily-launch

RSS Digest: Week Ending 29-Oct-2010

Java

Know the JVM Series -3- When Weaker is Better: Understanding Soft, Weak and Phantom References
http://blog.yohanliyanage.com/2010/10/ktjs-3-soft-weak-phantom-references/

Exposing Java Technology Performance Myths
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2005/06/29/exposing-java-technology-performance-myths

Babylon 5 and the Great War of Java
http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/babylon_5_the_great_war

Java exec quits in row over Oracle control
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/362203/java-exec-quits-in-row-over-oracle-control

Bleeding edge - First steps with OpenJDK 7 Build b115
http://www.dzone.com/links/r/bleeding_edge_first_steps_with_openjdk_7_build_b1.html

An Important Software Developer Characteristic: Handling Criticism
http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2010/10/important-software-developer.html

C++

C++ Multithreading in Boost
http://www.quantnet.com/cplusplus-multithreading-boost/