Category Archives: Scala

Learning a New Language

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Gaius

Generally, every program I write, regardless of what useful thing it actually does, and regardless of what programming language it is written in, has to do certain things, which usually includes Importing a library and calling functions contained within that … Continue reading →

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Scala Quickstart for Oracle DBAs

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Gaius

For the benefit of my fellow DBAs, here is a quick guide to getting up and running with Scala, a language that is gaining a lot of interest recently. The aim of the exercise is to produce the simplest possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Operation Foothold, Oracle, Scala | 7 Comments

Jack of all trades → Master of Disaster.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Gaius

When I got started in the industry†, like many people I was a generalist; designing and programming GUIs, network services, systems and database administration, even a bit of Photoshop, account management (the other sort of clients!) and end-user support. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, C++, f#, Ocaml, Oracle, Random thoughts, Scala | 3 Comments