Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: 10-22-04 Using Function Objects as Strategies

Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: 10-22-04 Using Function Objects as Strategies

Bruce Eckel wrote a nice implementation of the old C++ trick called "expression templates" in Java 1.5. It was a decent, and even type-safe, implementation of functional programming using the new generics feature of the language.

However, it took a whole page of source code.

On the comments page for his blog entry, I did a program that did the exact same thing as his example program in just three lines of Python!

>>> def compute(low_boundary, values):
... return reduce(lambda x,y: x*y, filter(lambda low_bound:low_bound>low_boundary, values))
... 
>>> compute(4, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
210

Which would you rather type on - a page of code or 3 lines?

Ready, Set, Breakfast!

Ready, Set, Breakfast!

It's 11:22 p.m. and I haven't had breakfast yet. And no, I didn't drink any coffee either. I did have some tea last night though.

That's freaking post meridian time! Not morning - night! Yikes, midnight almost.

I did stay up at work kind of late. Which reminds me, I have a little practicing and studying to do. Maybe I will grab a sandwhich first.

Lately, I have been trying to eat less processed starchy foods. Did pretty well for a couple weeks but last night I did have a couple pieces of junk food - though during the day I ate pretty well.

Perhaps I should read this breakfast nutrition page I seem to have stumbled upon....

Dido Live

Dido Live

There are some really great music videos of Dido performing some of her best songs at this Dido Live site. My favorite is Here With Me. It sounds so cool and it was the theme song of the Roswell TV series that I really got into when it was on a few years ago.

I really like the White Flag song a lot too, from her new album.

Give it a listen and a view, if your bored. I am sure it will improve your mood.

It's a little melancholy sounding. But, in a happy, upbeat way. :-)

By the way, I bought both her CDs and a DVD of one or two of her music videos. So I am not a total moocher!