2004.12.27
Who Maintains the GNU Plotutils?
The GNU plotutils
package contains a reimplementation of a pic language processor.
I find pic invaluable for drawing diagrams;
in fact the sequence diagram editor in my
UMLGraph system, depends on it.
The current version is 2.4.1, and was released in July 2000 - almost four years ago.
I have discovered two bugs, but no one seems to be maintaining the package.
This is unfortunate.
Continue reading "Who Maintains the GNU Plotutils?"Last modified: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:34 pm
2004.12.13
Lack of Progress in Palm Applications
An article in slashdot
recently discussed the limitations in the current breed of Palm
handhelds.
I am glad somebody has pointed out the lack of progress in the palmtop market. My 12-year old HP-100LX is literally falling appart, yet I can not find a worthwhile replacement.
Continue reading "Lack of Progress in Palm Applications"Last modified: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:59 am
2004.12.11
Measuring the Effect of Shared Objects
For the Code Quality
book I am writing I wanted to measure the memory savings of
shared libraries.
On a lightly loaded web server these amounted to 80MB,
on a more heavilly loaded shell access machine these ammounted
to 300MB.
Continue reading "Measuring the Effect of Shared Objects"Last modified: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:54 pm
