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Java the language vs. Java the ecosystem

I don't really like Java (probably even more so because it is my day job), but I can't deny that the tooling around it is pretty fascinating. Recently I've stumbled across some pretty exciting things with respect to concurrency bugs:

Stanford's Chord race condition static detector. (Which even uses Datalog.)

and

EPFL's deadlock avoider.

How much can a language's shortcomings be made up for with tooling?

By raould at 2008-02-14 00:19 | LtU Forum | 3 comments | other blogs | 5388 reads

Recursive Algorithms that cannot be expresses with Tail-Recursion?

Are there 'useful' or 'interesting' recursive algorithms that cannot be expresses with Tail-Recursion, and do you know of any examples?

P.S. Feel free to define the words in quotes as you see fit. That's why they're in quotes.

By Anon Adderlan at 2008-02-14 11:40 | LtU Forum | 21 comments | other blogs | 18743 reads