“Aeron: High-Performance Open Source Message Transport” [slides, PDF]
a new networked pub/sub library from Martin “Disruptor” Thompson, based around a replicated, persistent log of messages, with exceptionally low latency. Apache-licensed. Very similar to the realtime messaging stack we’ve built in Swrve. ;) https://github.com/real-logic/Aeron
(tags: realtime messaging pub-sub ipc queues transports martin-thompson slides latencies open-source java libraries)
How “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls”
As historian Nathan Ensmenger explained to a Stanford audience, as late as the 1960s many people perceived computer programming as a natural career choice for savvy young women. Even the trend-spotters at Cosmopolitan Magazine urged their fashionable female readership to consider careers in programming. In an article titled “The Computer Girls,” the magazine described the field as offering better job opportunities for women than many other professional careers. As computer scientist Dr. Grace Hopper told a reporter, programming was “just like planning a dinner. You have to plan ahead and schedule everything so that it’s ready when you need it…. Women are ‘naturals’ at computer programming.” James Adams, the director of education for the Association for Computing Machinery, agreed: “I don’t know of any other field, outside of teaching, where there’s as much opportunity for a woman.”
(tags: history programming sexism technology women feminism coding)
Microsoft Open Sources .NET and Mono – Miguel de Icaza
Whoa. Pity they didn’t do this earlier! Patent license, and all
(tags: mono dot-net languages microsoft open-source mit-license swpats patents)