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Once every year I try to recreate blocks in Java using anonymous inner classes, and then quickly remember, how discouraging Java can be: Read more ...

assertNoException(new Block() {
   public void call() throws Exception {
     sqlInterface.getActiveAppointments(USER_ID, SUPER_START, SUPER_END, COLS); 
   } 
}); 

MacRuby is the name of a fledgling little technology that will surely bring me a lot of fun. MacRuby is a Ruby implementation built directly on top of Objective-C, which should provide us with a good integration of the two worlds at a very slim performance cost. As both a Mac and Ruby fan I'm very excited about this, so, I urge everyone interested to give it a spin:

The curious may read an enlightening tutorial here: http://developer.apple.com/mac/articles/scriptingautomation/cocoaappswit...

The projects homepage is:
http://www.macruby.org

Es gibt sie noch, die guten Dinge (OK, zumindest *das* ist geklaut). Smalltalk Bücher als free (?) eBooks. Nett.