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Domain-Specific Languages
There seems to be quite a lot of activity on the “Domain Specific Language” front at the moment. Martin Fowler published “Language Workbenches: The Killer-App for Domain Specific Languages?”, in which he concludes that the common programming pattern of setting … Continue reading
Growing a Language
I’ve just read a wonderful paper by Guy L Steele, “Growing a Language“. He argues strongly that programming languages must be “small”, but able to grow. Such a language will have a relatively simple structure, syntactic rules, and a small … Continue reading
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Integration, like other design activities, can benefit from sharing ideas and proven strategies in the form of patterns. An excellent starting point is Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf’s Enterprise Integration Patterns website and book. In my recent work I’ve discovered … Continue reading
Blogger Me!
My blog is now fully live. My Thoughts on the World, and the articles in AgileArchitect.org, are now available via an RSS feed. For the technically inclined, I’ve built my blog using a combination of VB.NET, Active Server Pages, and … Continue reading
A Fast Diff Algorithm
An implementation of a Diff algorithm in VB.NET, with various techniques to improve performance Continue reading
Combining Risk Factors
A simple analytical approach to combine the effects of multiple risk factors Continue reading
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