William Cook's Fusings

I just got back from the ECOOP program committe meeting in Paris. The meeting went well, but the highlight of the trip was that I accidental...

Dr. Dobb's February issue has the article on Native Queries, listed on the main page: Native Queries for Persistent Objects By William ...

I visited db4objects in December. We had a good discussion on object databases and native queries. Here are some photos.

I am sad to say that my Alma Mater major department, Computer Science at Tulane, is being eliminated. I wonder how they can lay off tenured ...

A very nice review of db4objects and Native Queries by Jeff Brown . This was also picked up by TheServerSide ... we'll see if there is ...

Native queries discussed on TheServerSide . There was also an earlier discussion in the context of JDO .

POJQ: Plain Old Java Queries project approved by java.net. This is an open source implementation of Safe/Native queries, launched by Wes Bi...

Object Database Management Systems portal announced, which features Native Query paper.

I have had lots of problems clipping pictures. I am surprised that you have not been having problems with your pictures being inside a large...

Released Native Queries for Persistent Objects, A Design White Paper with Carl Rosenberger

When I defined Safe Queries for Java I thought that it might be an idea that could be applied relatively soon to solving real needs of indus...

ODBMS.ORG Launches Educational Portal on Object Databases High-Profile Experts Help Meet Growing Demand for Free Educational Resources on O...

We have released a preliminary interpreter for Orc, an Orchestration Language .

In trying to solve the problem mentioned in the previous post, I did a lot of Google searching. Some things are hard to find, because they c...

I want to distribute some Java software in a way that is easy to use. The software depends upon some libraries, so I need to set the class p...

I will be attending OOPSLA this fall (as always). Let me know if you want to meet there.

I'm working on an article on the history of AppleScript for HOPL III . I led the team that designed and implemented the language, but th...

I can't stand it any more. Why does is it so difficult to install experimental software???? Granted, a lot of the stuff I want to try ou...

I will not say anything too negative about Emacs here. I suspect my peers might think badly of me simply because I don't use Emacs. But ...

I'm learning ACL2: after spending a day understanding what most people feel when they try to program a computer (why the *#@* doesn'...