Development

Natively compiled Eclipse

A group of hackers from the GCJ project have been awarded the Fast Free Eclipse Prize:

"Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible IDE for anything and nothing in particular." The Eclipse project FAQ is quite comprehensive, it covers many questions about the project.

Eclipse is being distributed under IBM's Common Public License. Downloads of Eclipse are available here. RPM packages of Natively compiled Eclipse, as well as dependency packages have been made available by Red Hat.

Thanks to Mark Wielaard.

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System Applications

Audio Projects

Jack Audio Connection Kit 0.75.0

Version 0.75.0 of the Jack Audio Connection Kit( JACK) has been announced. Change information is available in the source code.

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Planet CCRMA news

The latest news from Planet CCRMA, a project that has assembled a collection of audio related RPM files, includes the dropping of support for Red Hat 7.2, and lots of updated packages. See the Change Log for details.

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Database Software

Firebird 1.5 Release Candidate 5

Version 1.5 RC 5 of the Firebird database is available. "The Release Candidate means that we're "almost there", and we turned our focus to remaining known issues and rough edges, final testing and bug squashing. We made a lot of progress with it thanks to your feedback. The fifth Release Candidate should become the final release, so we are eager to hear about your experience (good or bad) with it."

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OSDL Database Test 2 Support for PostgreSQL (SourceForge)

Version 0.8 of DBT-2 is available. "Database Test 2 (DBT-2) v0.8 now includes C stored functions for PostgresSQL. The OSDL Database Test Suite aims to create database workload test kits used to simulate heavy user loads for OLTP, Decision Support, and e-commerce database transactions."

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PostgreSQL Weekly News

The July 30, 2003 edition of the PostgreSQL Weekly News has been sent out. Take a look for the latest PostgreSQL database news.

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knoda 0.6.1-test1 released

Version 0.6.1-test1 of knoda, a database frontend for KDE, has been released. "The main feature of the next release will be the support of Python as scripting language, so it is possible to extend the capabilities of forms. The feature has been implemented already and so it is time to start testing and debugging. Scripting support for reports will follow."

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Embedded Systems

BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released

A new version of BusyBox, the minimalist replacement for a collection of command line utilities, has been released. "The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of testing (thanks everyone!) which has helped turn up a number of bugs, and these problems have now been fixed. Highlights of -pre2 include updating the 'ash' shell to sync up with the Debian 'dash' shell, a new 'hdparm' applet was added, init again supports pivot_root, The 'reboot' 'halt' and 'poweroff' applets can now be used without using busybox init. an ifconfig buffer overflow was fixed, losetup now allows read-write loop devices, uClinux daemon support was added, the 'watchdog', 'fdisk', and 'kill' applets were rewritten, there were tons of doc updates, and there were many other bugs fixed."

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Mail Software

milter-sender/0.31 new and improved

Version 0.31 of milter-sender, a real-time sender address verification package for sendmail, has been announced. "Many important bugs fixes in this release such as a FreeBSD gethostbyname() fix and some other subtle bugs that may have caused milter-sender to silently crash in the past (which I've been hunting down for ages). There is also a long awaited enhancement: the successful sender cache is now preserved across milter-sender restarts, provided it was compiled with Berkeley DB support, which makes use of -m option and FullCallback: tag for sites like Yahoo more reasonable."

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POPSurgeon v1.2 released (SourceForge)

Version 1.2 of POPSurgeon has been released. "This release allows the inspection of message by looking at the header, the body or both. POPSurgeon is a program to perform discrete deletion on a POP3 server."

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Networking Tools

GNU Zebra status

The GNU Zebra project is a GPL licensed packet routing system. The current maintainer, Kunihiro Ishiguro, has stated that the project may need help from a new maintainer, and may also need to fork into a new project. Interested developers may want to lend a hand. Thanks to Simon Lyall.

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Posadis 0.60.0 is out (SourceForge)

Version 0.60.0 of Posadis, a DNS server, has been released. "Posadis 0.60.0, which is a complete re-write of Posadis, now supports caching and resolving, it has a plug-in system, and it can monitor your files for activity."

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Sussen 0.5 released

Version 0.5 of Sussen, a GNOME client for the Nessus Security Scanner, is available. "The first big change is dropping the embedded MySQL server backend and converting over to GNOME-DB. This will allow you to use a wide range of databases (Oracle,SQL Server,MySQL,Postgres, and more) for a backend."

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Peer to Peer

giFT 0.11.3 Released (SourceForge)

SourceForge has an announcement for giFT 0.11.3. "giFT is a project designed to completely abstract low-level filesharing protocol communication while allowing seamless support for multiple networks. Currently available plugins include: OpenFT, Gnutella, and FastTrack (third party). This release features only build environment improvements and new command line options to override the local, home, plugin, and data directories that giFT was configured to use."

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Printing

New Ghostscript font release

The Ghostscript project has released a new set of fonts. "It's been quite some time since the last update to the free URW standard postscript font set we ship with Ghostscript. In fact, the recommened font set has been unchanged since the 6.0 release almost 4 years ago. Thus, we're very pleased to be able to recommend an updated free postscript font set, based on Valek Filippov's work. The new collection, packaged as ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz is recommended for all Ghostscript users, regardless of version."

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New releases from CUPS

The CUPS site has an announcement for ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1rc1. "With the increasing number of Linux distributions shipping, or considering shipping CUPS as their standard printing system, we have had many requests to provide patches to the standard GNU Ghostscript source distribution so that they can ship a single version of Ghostscript. Thanks to funding from EPSON, this has finally happened. Easy Software Products now produces maintenance updates of GNU Ghostscript under the name ESP Ghostscript. These updates incorporate bug fixes to the current GNU version of Ghostscript as well as the latest CUPS, GIMP-print, and other add-ons to Ghostscript." Also, version 1.14 of the PyKota print quota system is available.

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LinuxPrinting.org news

The latest Printer Compatibility Database updates on LinuxPrinting.org include new drivers for several Brother printers, improvements to the pxlmono/pxlcolor drivers, a new HP Business Inkjet 1100 driver, and more.

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Web Site Development

NewsMonster 1.2 Released (MozillaZine)

Version 1.2 of NewsMonster, a cross-platform weblog manager, is available. "This is a significant update from 1.1 which fixes a number of performance issues and focuses on usability."

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phpBB 2.0.6 released (SourceForge)

Version 2.0.6 of phpBB, a flat-style discussion software package, is available. "This release had been made to fix a number of potential security related issues and more annoying bugs. Work continues on 2.2.0 and again we do not plan on further releases of 2.0.x except where critical issues arise."

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Symbio 1.6 released (SourceForge)

Version 1.6 of Symbio, an open-source site commenting system, has been announced. "Symbio 1.6 is out, with exciting new features such as IP banning and themable statistics, plus lots of tweaks for your convenience."

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Miscellaneous

CueCat driver 0.8.2

A new version of the CueCat driver, a driver for the CueCat barcode scanner, is available: "0.8.2 is out, with a new patch against Linux 2.4.21".

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Desktop Applications

Audio Applications

Audacity sound editor 1.2.0-pre1 (SourceForge)

SourceForge has an announcement for version 1.2.0 of Audacity. "Audacity 1.2.0-pre1 is a public test release of the free Audacity sound editor. This release has improved professional-quality audio processing; major new features such as the ability to speed up, slow down, and alter the pitch of a track; and many bug fixes since the last beta version 1.1.3."

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Ceres V0.40 released

Version 0.40 of Ceres, a program for generating sound effects and displaying sonograms, has been released.

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gmorgan-0.09 released

Version 0.09 of gmorgan, an organ synthesizer with auto-accompaniment, has been released. New features include a virtual chord keyboard, a new look, more patterns and songs, new functions, and bug fixes.

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zinf-2.2.4 (SourceForge)

Version 2.2.4 of zinf, a cross-platform audio player, has been released. "A new relese of zinf with bug fixes, enhancements, and a new build system! Zinf is the continuation of FreeA*p and has all the same features as FreeA*mp: MP3, Vorbis, WAV and audio CD playback, streaming (SHOUTcast, Icecast, RTP) support, a powerful musicbrowser/playlist editor, a themed interface and a RMP download manager."

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Desktop Environments

GNOME Development Series Desktop 2.3.5: (GnomeDesktop)

Version 2.3.5 of the GNOME Development Series Desktop is available. "This release is a feature-frozen, development series snapshot. It is used by developers and testers as their day-to-day working desktop, and is ready for wider testing by our user community."

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MultiSync 0.80 released (GnomeDesktop)

Version 0.80 of MultiSync, a GNOME application for connecting to portable computing devices, is available for download. Change information is documented in the release notes.

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KDE-CVS-Digest

The August 1, 2003 edition of the KDE CVS Digest has been published. The summary says: "QtRuby, Ruby bindings for Qt are now in Kdebindings. Kdevelop has a new class browser. An OBEX kio-slave has been added. Kwallet is enabled for compilation and testing. Plus Kwin improvements, lots of work on Kpilot conduits and many bugfixes."

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Open Palmtop Integrated Environment 1.0

KDE.News is carrying the announcement for the 1.0 release of Opie - the Open Palmtop Integrated Environment. Opie is a fork of Qtopia with a number of new features and, it is said, improved usability. See the announcement for an impressive list of capabilities.

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PYWM, the Python Window Manager

PYWM is a Python language based X window system manager. "Some window managers are mouse heaven and keyboard hell. Other window managers are the other way around. But PYWM aims to be very comfortable to use from either. PYWM is a "pythonised" version of the fast light FLWM window manager, and gives you easy-to-use tools to create your own personal dream desktop. Control Freak Heaven." The most recent version of PYWM is version 0.1, dated June 2, 2003.

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Financial Applications

GNUe Traffic

Two issues of GNUe Traffic have been published with lots of GNU Enterprise news. Take a look at Issue #91 and Issue #92.

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Games

Exult 1.1Beta1 released (SourceForge)

SourceForge covers the release of version 1.1Beta1 of Exult, a game engine for running Ultima 7. "This release includes many bug fixes and usability enhancements, including combat improvements, OGG Vorbis support, additional artwork, party-formation, and the port to the Zaurus."

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ScummVM 0.5.0 released (SourceForge)

Version 0.5.0 of ScummVM has been announced. "ScummVM is a cross-platform adventure game interpreter, supporting Simon the Sorcerer 1/2, Beneath a Steel Sky, and many LucasArts adventures. A new stable release of ScummVM, version 0.5.0, is available. Along with the usual bugfixes, this version supports several new games (Enhanced Maniac Mansion/Zak McKracken, Beneath a Steel Sky). This version has undergone extensive testing, and we are confident it is our best yet."

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Interoperability

Wine Traffic

Issue #181 of Wine Traffic is on the web. Topics include: SecurityFocus Article, Profiling Wine, Debug Problem With Win98 Version, Testing Controls with Mono, and Library of Microsoft Compression Formats.

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Office Applications

Bluefish 0.11 released

Version 0.11 of the Bluefish html editor is available. "Bluefish 0.11 is a minor update. It contains two critical fixes for the custom menu. In 0.10 the config file format for the custom menu changed, but the conversion was broken, this is fixed in 0.11. Also replace entries in the custom menu where broken, causing a segfault in some cases, this is also fixed in 0.11."

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Video Applications

Freevo version 1.3.3 is out (SourceForge)

Source Forge has an announcement for version 1.3.3 of Freevo, a Linux application that works as a multimedia jukebox. "This release includes many new features, one important feature is Xine support to have DVD navigation (optional)."

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Web Browsers

Epiphany 0.8.2 (GnomeDesktop)

Version 0.8.2 of the Epiphany browser for GNOME is available. This release features many code changes, interface improvements, and bug fixes.

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Jazilla Milestone 2 Released (MozillaZine)

According to MozillaZine, Milestone 2 of Jazilla has been released. "The Jazilla project aims to rewrite Mozilla in Java. Check out the Jazilla M2 Release Notes and Changelog for more details and download a Jazilla binary from SourceForge.net."

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Trunk Freezes for Mozilla 1.5 Beta (MozillaZine)

MozillaZine has an announcement for the Mozilla 1.5 Beta trunk freeze. "During the freeze, only fixes approved by drivers@mozilla.org will be allowed to land. The freeze will remain in effect until the 1.5 final branch is cut, currently scheduled for Friday 29th August."

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Word Processors

AbiWord Weekly News

The August 3, 2003 edition of the AbiWord Weekly News is out. "In this week's episode, Nadav's relaunches a far more advanced version of the Open Text Summarizer, OTS: Stemming the Tide. Dom releases 1.99.3 to the world, which is already available on Latest Releases page. We learn that we cannot --enable-gnome due to header issues from GNOME 2.2. Most interesting of all, Dom releases the AbiWord 2.2: TSWMRCAUSSWVLSD RoadMap. Lots of discussion and a criawips screenshot waiting within."

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Miscellaneous

Evolution 1.4.4 is out (GnomeDesktop)

Version 1.4.4 of Evolution, the GNOME groupware suite, has been announced. This is a bug-fix release, see the release notes for more information.

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Gnome Jabber 0.2 Released. (GnomeDesktop)

Version 0.2 of Gnome Jabber, an instant messaging client, is out. "A month on from the first release, Gnome Jabber's second installment is now available for download. Improvements include new icons, a few new features and more stability."

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Languages and Tools

C

Secure Cooking with C and C++, Part 3 (O'ReillyNet)

O'Reilly has published part three in the Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ series. "In the final installment in this three-part series of sample recipes from Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++, the authors discuss what you need to do to verify that a supplied email address, which your program has accepted as input, is valid."

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Caml

Caml Weekly News

The July 29 - August 5, 2003 edition of the Caml Weekly News has been distributed. Topics include lablgtk status on Mac OS X, GODI available for download, ocaml courses, and GD4O.

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Java

Apache Geronimo: developing a free J2EE implementation

The announcement has gone out regarding the launch of the "Geronimo" project within the Apache Software Foundation. Geronimo will be a free implementation of the Java J2EE specification - and they plan to get it certified. The project is looking for developers interested in helping to carry this ambitious effort forward.

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jfox release 1.0 DR version (SourceForge)

A preview release of Jfox, an open-source J2EE based application server has been released. "jfox 1.0 Development Release with a fast scaleable ejb container and a lot of excited features, but DR version is not the final version, only a preview for java developers interested in jfox, the final version is in developing."

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GCJ News

The GCJ site has a bunch of news items this week. Red Hat has released Naoko, a packaging of RPMS for Ant and Tomcat. RPMS are available for the Eclipse developer platform, and a new tree-ssa branch patch has been submitted for GCJ.

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Getting the Most Out of the Struts Tag Libraries (O'Reilly)

Chuck Cavaness discusses the Java Struts Tag Libraries on O'Reilly. "The popularity of JSP Custom Tags has been rapidly growing since they were first introduced in the JSP 1.1 specification. The Struts framework, which was introduced in 2000, includes a set of Tag libraries that are instrumental in harvesting the fruits of the Struts framework. This article looks at some of the ways to get more out of those tags and helps make sense out of a few of the more complicated tasks."

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Start here to learn about Java technology (IBM developerWorks)

IBM's developerWorks has published an introduction to Java technology. "developerWorks offers this page to provide an overview of Java technology basics within the overall context of the language (especially as it pertains to application development and e-business). This resource delivers starting points in the form of relevant developerWorks articles, tutorials and tips, IBM learning services education, Webcasts, workshops, and IBM products for further investigation."

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Perl

Perl 5.8.1 RC3 and RC4 (use Perl)

Use Perl has an announcement for Perl 5.8.1 RC3. "Please test extensively, even if you had no problems with RC1 or RC2. In RC3 we turned on by default the new "hash randomisation" feature which means that the "order" of hash elements is now even more random. If an application mistakenly assumes a repeatable ordering of hash elements, you will find it out now."

Perl 5.8.1 RC4 was also announced this week. "The same bat channel as for RC3, almost the same perldelta as for RC3. The main change from RC3 was a bunch of module updates (most importantly the CPAN.pm 1.76 which does not force feed Module::Signature)."

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This Week on perl5-porters (use Perl)

The July 28 - August 3, 2003 edition of This Week on perl5-porters has been published. "This week will undoubtedly be known to the future generations as the two-release-candidate-week. Be the first to read about it. And don't miss the other interesting parts : this week's summary is full of action, suspense and bug fixes."

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PHP

PHP Weekly Summary for August 4, 2003

The PHP Weekly Summary for August 4, 2003 is out. Topics include: 4.3.3 RC 2 ready, Manual translation to Indonesian, BC issues with functions and references, "Tidy" extension for PHP 5, expat compile warnings, virtual_realpath(), Libtool optimizations.

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PHP Security, Part 1 (O'ReillyNet)

O'Reilly is running a series on PHP Security "If you have users, you'll undoubtedly have bad guys trying to break things. As a PHP developer, it's your responsibility to make sure your code is secure. John Coggeshall demonstrates one common PHP error that can leave you vulnerable, and he explains how to think like a bad guy to prevent these mistakes in the first place."

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Turck MMCache version 2.3.21 released (SourceForge)

Version 2.3.21 of Turck MMCache, a PHP Accelerator, Optimizer, Encoder and Dynamic Content Cache, is available.

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Python

Python Standard Library: New Modules in Python 2.3

Fredrik Lundh has documented the new modules in Python 2.3.

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Jython 2.2 alpha 0 available

Version 2.2 alpha 0 of Jython, an implementation of the Python language in Java, is available. "Experimental, unstable release of Jython now available. This is an alpha release, in that it is not feature complete for a Jython 2.2 release, and there are significant known issues."

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Python Warts

Andrew Kuchling talks about some areas where Python could improve with his Python Warts presentation. "While I think Python has a very elegant design that successfully straddles the fine line between the minimalism of Lisp and the rococo complexities of Perl, it's certainly not perfect. There are various design features that I consider ugly, or at least suboptimal in some way. This essay will examine the most significant problems in Python as I perceive them, assisted by suggestions from the comp.lang.python crowd."

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Ruby

Ruby 1.8.0 released

Version 1.8.0 of the Ruby language has been announced. See the Changes Document for details on what's new.

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XML

XML Source Highlighting (O'Reilly)

Kyle Downey discusses the highlighting of XML source code on O'Reilly.

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Debuggers

Valgrind 20030725 available

A new stable release of Valgrind, an open-source memory debugger, was recently made available. Thanks to Jos van den Oever.

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Miscellaneous

Q Equational Programming Language version 4.3.1

Version 4.3.1 of the Q Equational Programming Language is out. The NEWS file says: "Fixes for latest autotools and FreeBSD compatibility, bug fixes."

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Five Lessons You Should Learn from Extreme Programming (O'ReillyNet)

Chromatic introduces Extreme Programming on O'Reilly. "Extreme Programming (XP) is yet another popular idea gaining press. It adapts several of the best ideas from the past decades of software development. Whether or not you adopt XP, it's worth considering what XP teaches. In no particular order, here are five lessons you should learn from Extreme Programming."

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Declarative Programming and Mini-Languages (O'Reilly)

David Mertz talks about declarative programming techniques on O'Reilly. "This article extends my discussion of advanced programming, but strays into an area that is not exclusively object oriented. What we are interested in for this installment is ways of writing programs that are declarative rather than imperative. In many cases, simply notating facts is more concise and less error prone than providing instructions. A number of less common programming languages make declarative styles predominant, but it is also possible to use a declarative style within generally imperative languages. In this article, as with the others in this series, I will focus on techniques as exemplified in Python."

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