Thoughts and Ramblings

General things I find of interest.

FreeBSD with ZFS root

It’s been a while since I posted here. I’ve been busy with a new job, new house, and a bunch of other things. One of these things was setting up my new file server. This is something that’s been in the works for a long time, as can be seen from the various posts on ZFS. I spent a long time researching this, and finally came up with my solution:

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Saturday, October 15, 2011

What Objective-C can learn from Java, Part 4 (Namespace)

This is the last is a series of blog posts I’m writing on things that Objective-C can learn from Java. The other parts can be found here: Part 1 (Generics) Part 2 (Abstract Classes) Part 3 (Single Source File) Part 4 (Namespace) Part 5 (Exceptions) For one who has programmed in other object oriented languages, Objective-C stands out with its complete lack of namespace. As a result, classes have a prefix, such as Apple’s common NS and UI prefixes.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Saturday, January 8, 2011

What Objective-C can learn from Java, Part 3 (Single Source File)

This is the third is a series of blog posts I’m writing on things that Objective-C can learn from Java. The other parts can be found here: Part 1 (Generics) Part 2 (Abstract Classes) Part 3 (Single Source File) Part 4 (Namespace) Part 5 (Exceptions) Objective-C still retains a lot of its heritage from it’s C beginnings. This includes using two files, a header and a source file, for each class.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Thursday, December 30, 2010

What Objective-C can learn from Java, Part 2 (Abstract Classes)

This is the second is a series of blog posts I’m writing on things that Objective-C can learn from Java. The other parts can be found here: Part 1 (Generics) Part 2 (Abstract Classes) Part 3 (Single Source File) Part 4 (Namespace) Part 5 (Exceptions) When one is using object oriented design, a common practice is to lump similar classes together with a common super-class and include the common functionality in that super-class.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Monday, December 27, 2010

What Objective-C can learn from Java, Part 1 (Generics)

This is the first is a series of blog posts I’m going to write over the next several days on things that Objective-C can learn from Java. I’ve been programming in Java since 1997, and in Objective-C since 2001. The two languages have a lot of similarities, but there are a few design principles in which Java excels and Objective-C is left behind. This is understandable considering that Objective-C is older than Java, and Java borrowed heavily from Objective-C when it was designed.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Saturday, December 4, 2010