One of the more interesting aspects of programming is the relation software developers have with the products they create. Software engineers have to spend so many hours literally crafting a software product, that they consider the software as theirs. It is a relationship that becomes very complicated, however, because there is another element in the…
In the last years, fuctional programming languages such as Haskel, F#, and clojure, have gained acceptance among programming enthusiasts. They allow a concise style of programming that is not easy to replicate with imperative languages. Much of the power of functional programming languages is linked to the existence of closures. A closure is a way…
If you have participated in any way of the software industry in the last few decades, you have certainly seen the pattern of software development. Most software is built under the pressure of deadlines. Specially when a company wants to beat its competitors in a tough market, there is an increasing pressure to deliver software…