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Mangling JSON numbers

TechEmpower

Theoretically we can send it from a Java server to a JavaScript client via JSON and both sides see exactly the same number. To convince ourselves that this number is safe, we examine various representations of this number in Java and JavaScript: // In Java long x = 1L. It passes our verifyLongFitsInDouble check.

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Everything about Java 8

TechEmpower

The following post is a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8. At the time of this writing, Java 8 development is still very much in progress. It had the best support for the Java 8 language features at the time I went looking. Language features and APIs may still change. Interface improvements.

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Burn Baby Burn: Is Traditional Licensing of Content Joining the Business Models Torched by New Technology and the Web

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Burn Baby Burn: Is Traditional Licensing of Content Joining the Business Models Torched by New Technology and the Web? What You Need to Know About the New Growth After the Firestorm. Linux, Chang v. Virgin Mobile, and Jacobsen v.

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

For example, you may have content management and community needs that closely align with Drupal. It's way easier to get your pages setup in these languages than by choosing Java alone. Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone. There are some cautions around these choices, but it is often the basis of a choice.

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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future

Both Sides of the Table

And investing in content companies won’t return money! Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. For once content is becoming like selling clothes on Gilt Groupe. Come on, Mark.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 10

TechEmpower

Compiled languages such as C, C++, Java, Scala, and Ur continue to dominate most tests, and Lua retains its unique position of standard-bearer for JIT languages by showing up within the top 10 on many test types. In a world that seems all too content to consider physical hardware as exceptional, we''re living a life of multi-Xeon luxury.

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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

socalTECH

It was just a matter of process to add iOS, and later, Android to the output, and start designing games for the larger screens, later bringing those games down to run on BREW and Java after that. We're able to get thousands of downloads per day on our products, a far cry from the BREW and Java days.

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