…almost Another update: After reading some of the comments to this entry, I googled ‘pass-by-reference’ and discovered that the semantic aspect of what the phrase means has been the topic of many topics along time with funny titles such as “More on Java- pass by reference, but not really” or more seriously “Parameter passing in Java – by reference or [...]

The text below is what I originally typed in the comments form at http://lifeonrails.org/2007/8/30/netbeans-the-best-ruby-on-rails-ide -a very informative Rails blog!- but as I was about to click on ‘Add that puppy’ (-G-) I decided against it, not wanting to become a comment troll myself. So, it’s now here instead: Joe, As a JBuilder veteran, let me tell you that it saddens [...]

Sandro Groganz gives an interesting response to Matt Mullenweg’s taking PHP 5 and Zend to task. I find his post interesting because he compares Php5 to Java, unlike the rest of us who are focused on Ruby and other sexy beasts. As a Java programmer myself -and one of the many Java people dazzled by Ruby- I have a lot [...]