And ADO.NET 3.5 said: Destiny of the distant object is not my destiny.

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December 7 2014

Apparently url http://astoria.mslivelabs.com does not exist any more. This is where Project “Astoria” liveth. What happened next, is explained (also) in this presentation. Although terminology is somewhat confused or plain wrong but nevertheless a lot of useful hands-on information is delivered.

February 12th, 2008

Just finished visitation of ADO.NET 3.5 site , aka Project “Astoria”.
It looks simple and pretty REST-full. And this is the BIG DEAL about it apparently.

It is based on the REST concepts. There is no SOAP in view. No WS-*, etc.

None of the key concepts Microsoft at large, and “his” blog-happy uber-developers have been trumpeting into our ears for last few years. And very loudly so with that. Now comes “ASTORIA” and the REST. All change!

Fribourg

[December 30th, 2006]

Right now I am in Switzerland, in the city of Fribourg. 50 km north of Lousanne, towards Bern. I am having a very nice and somewhat lazy time here. My young friend Marija is closely watching my web log whereabouts and my internet developments in general.

If you have time please visit her vivacious blog at : http://missm05.skyblog.com, I think it is very interesting and worth visiting ;)

Happy new year 2007 !

What is “advanced algorithm” ?

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October 28th, 2006

Advanced algorithm is every algorithm which is speculative in its nature.

This is in the context of Information Technology.
This is my definition and I like it.
Again.

Do your C++ reality check…

[April 19th, 2006]

Recently while having some discussions on a forum populated with very good C++ developers, I started to realize…

Many of them do not see the reality same as I do? Most of the discussions are blossoming simply because of reality checks that developers fail to do. Especially if they are in this IT industry where constant change is the name of the game.

A simple example: STL. Did discussion explode around the issue of using or not using the STL in the code? Yes. A drastic example of a reality check missing. Here is why:

  1. STL does not exist any more. At least two years.
  2. STL is replaced with stdlib : standard library for C++
  3. Standard C++ has stdlib at its core. It is based on stdlib.

Three points from the reality of C++ today. Have you done your C++ reality check, yet :)?

DBJ