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Conditional Compilation in Java – Almost

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Being a little bit long in the tooth and originally coming from an embedded C background, I occasionally hanker after the flexibility of conditional compilation. This is a C based mechanism that allows you to build different flavours of a product from the same code base at compile time by a ...

Desert Island Downloads

Monday, December 17th, 2007

OK, so you're washed up on a desert island and not a broadband connection in sight. Assuming you have the know-how to craft a half decent Java platform out of the flotsam and jetsam on the beach, what are the downloads that you always carry on your flash drive ...