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Extensible Programming for the 21st Century
Anonymous Cowardly Lion writes "An interesting article written by a professor at the University of Toronto argues that next-generation programming systems will combine compilers, linkers, debuggers, and that other tools will be plugin frameworks [mirror], rather than monolithic applications. Programmers will be able to extend the syntax of programming languages, and programs will be stored as XML documents so that programmers can represent and process data and meta-data uniformly. It's a very insightful and thought-provoking read. Is this going to be the next generation of extensible programming?"
I think someone forgot to get their permission to link to their site from Slashdot.
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I caught this off of Yahoo news just half an hour ago. Is any of this true?
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Michael Moore Hospitalized
By Gary Finn
NEW YORK (Reuters)
Michael Moore was brought to the Emergency Department for shortness of
breath on a tarp dragged by six firemen. After positioning two gurneys side
by side, we somehow managed to lift him up. His health problems were
obviously due to his weight, which we estimated to be approximately five
hundred pounds.
Attempting to undress him, we lifted his arms to pull his very large shirt
over his head. To our surprise, an asthma inhaler fell out from under his
right armpit. It had been enveloped in the skin.
Reviewing his chest X ray, we noticed a round density in the left chest.
With the help of an assistant, we lifted up his massive left breast to find
a sticky, half-shiny dime. No telling how long it had been there.
Finally, a nurse and two technicians attempted to place a Foley catheter in
his bladder. After spreading apart one tree-trunk leg at a time, they found
a handful of industrial paper towels, apparently being used as a sanitary
napkin. But they also found an even larger surprise lodged between his
buttocks -- a TV remote control.
When I gave a report about the patient to the admitting physician, I tried
to cheer him up by reminding him that if he did a thorough exam, he too
could find buried treasure!
Mr. Moore's family was very happy that we found the remote.
© Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
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Here's the link for verification:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?t
I got your extensible programming right here, beyotch!!! /whips it out and slaps it across simoniker's face
Does this get me extra marks? Jon.
fuck you bitch.
Suck my big cock!
It is usually to refer to a neuter member of the human race as masculine (man,he etc..) and a neuter object as feminine (her,she etc...)
sine the author was intent in using the feminine for the programmer I would assume that the programmer was non-human, a machine.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.