BeanShell, NQL, Simkin, and Slate fill specific needs. We often argue that scripting languages should complement developers' reliance on Java. What about Java itself for scripting? [ITworld.com]
By Michael Koch at ITworld.com. The article offers advice on using XML and related technologies to interface a mainframe from an application server or servlet.
Few names in computing are bigger than that of Dennis Ritchie. In this interview, Ritchie talks about the future of C and the C99 standard, Plan 9, and offers advice to would-be authors of programming languages.