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Article Beyond semantic versioning An idea on how to improve software versioning and managing dependencies came to my mind a few days ago. I'm yet to figure out how it would exactly work, but I thought I'd share it first.
Article Why Python has won among dynamic languages Recently I've been reflecting on the (loosely defined) quality and popularity of programing languages. Despite growing appreciation for static typing and compilers (whether in fully-compiled languages like Java or with JIT recently introduced in PHP or Ruby), 2 dynamic, scripting languages pushed their way up in the popularity rankings in
Article 12 ways to call a method in Ruby A fun little experiment where I try to call the same method in Ruby in as many ways as possible
