Are Java compiler (javac) and JIT one and the same thing? Is you answered Yes, then read on. Long back I was asked this in an interview and (alas) I had replied in affirmative. Jos Horsmeier gave the following reply to my question at Javaranch at that time (I am glad I saved it in […]
Javaranch has a Wiki now aimed to “collectively develop a high quality, knowledge base of Java topics”. It's searchable and is based on Friki, a Java web application deployable on any modern servlet container or application server. I have very regard for Javaranch, it helped me a lot during my SCJP preparations. I hope the […]
Happened to read the venom spit by Sue Spielman (through Werner Ramaekers). Frustated of a grievance redressal reply for a faulty Symantec product, presumably routed through an Indian call-center, Ms Sue took a crap at outsourching of IT jobs to Indian Companies. It is amply clear from the comments made on her blog that the […]
Just stumbled upon few of the Ranch posts I had participated in. At that time I was looking for some good interview questions on Java (unfortunately very few were available with answers) and thought why not start answering them. Unfortunately some of the threads did not proceed. I feel like I could revive these, any […]
It happened today again. My posts were not showing up at Javablogs for long so curiously I clicked on the link to my RSS feed and found that the XML was all messed up. It had happened in the past too and the problem would mostly occur if I use apostrophe in my post (though […]
Does anybody know a way to display a list of available DSNs using Java code? Is using JNI the only way out?
