sexta-feira, 19 de setembro de 2008

Why Lazy Functional Programming Languages Rule

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/N2fPjYxAxMA/article.pl


Da Massive writes "Techworld has an in-depth chat with Simon Peyton-Jones about the development of Haskell and his philosophy of do one thing, and do it well. Peyton-Jones describes his interest in lazy functional programming languages, and chats about their increasing relevance in a world with rapidly increasing multi-core CPUs and clusters. 'I think Haskell is increasingly well placed for this multi-core stuff, as I think people are increasingly going to look to languages like Haskell and say 'oh, that's where we can get some good ideas at least', whether or not it's the actual language or concrete syntax that they adopt.'"

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quinta-feira, 18 de setembro de 2008

Urnas eletrônicas terão Linux e biometria em 2008

URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/395871547/nl1221711885.html


As urnas eletrônicas que serão usadas no pleito de 2008, que escolhe os novos prefeitos e vereadores de todo o Brasil, inauguram o uso de sistema operacional Linux e, em três municípios escolhidos para teste, também o recurso da biometria para identificação do eleitor.