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Replacing TCP?
olau writes "TCP, the transfer protocol that most of the Internet is using, is getting old. These guys have invented an alternative that combines UDP with rateless erasure codes, which means that packets do not have to be resent. Cool stuff! It also has applications for peer-to-peer networks (e.g. for something like BitTorrent). They are even preparing RFCs! The guy who started it, Petar Maymounkov, is of Kademlia fame." -
Sun to Add Variance to Java in 1.5?
Ahe writes "I have been working on a joint project between Sun Microsystems, The University of Aarhus, and The Alexandra Institute. As you might know, Sun has for long been commited to adding generics to Java. Our project was to extend this with variance annotations for more flexible typing of parameterized classes and arrays. Recently Sun has released the project result as a new prototype with variance. If you like variance, please vote for this bug."