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The coming multi-core crunch?

According to this article in the Arizona Daily Star, the new generation of multi-core CPU's poses a daunting challenge.

Experts, quoted in the article, predict dire consequences if software for more complicated applications doesn't arrive soon. One even saw the need for some Manhattan Project style efforts to help solve this pressing problem.

Well, for the here and now there's always Erlang. It was designed from the ground up to address exactly this sort of problem, and it handles concurrency naturally and effectively.

Sounds like a good start to me; no bunker required.

Erlang creator interviewed on Dr. Dobb's Journal

Dr. Dobb's Journal has a nice interview with Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang. Check it out!

"Release It!" gets a Perfect 10.

This JavaRanch review gives Michael Nygard's Release It! a perfect score—10 out of 10 horseshoes, in this case.

Congratulations to Michael! (who can usually be found on the XP mailing list and other haunts, if you've got a question).

"I'm Java, and I'm Ruby on Rails"

In case you missed it, here's the first of hilarious set of parody "commercials" comparing Java to Ruby, in the style of the Mac ads.

The custom jar gag is just priceless.