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Perl 6 Released

October 7, 2015 Roger Lacroix

The Perl developers have just released Perl 6. http://perl6.org Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. It derives from the ubiquitous C programming language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, the Unix shell, and at least a dozen other tools and […]

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Head, Apply Wall To It Several Times!

October 6, 2015 Roger Lacroix

If you don’t like that title, how about “How to out smart yourself and shoot yourself in the foot, all at the same time!” or “No smart deed goes unpunished!”. In the summer of 2014, I decided to clean up up some compiler warning messages that certain compilers (HP-UX cc comes to mind) were complaining […]

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Mozilla Firefox 41.0 Released

September 24, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v41.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Bug in MQ V8.0 for Getting Messages in a Group

August 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM Support has posted a bug report that may affect some Universal File Mover (UFM) users. Title: IT09814: IBM MQ V8.0: Applications cannot get messages that were put to a queue as a group. Error description: In IBM MQ v8.0 an application that reads from a queue can fail to get messages that are put […]

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A Better MD Class than IBM’s MQMD Class

August 14, 2015 Roger Lacroix

This is a follow up to my blog posting last week titled: Java MQMD class Weirdness. After beating my head against the wall, I gave up on the ‘com.ibm.mq.headers.MQMD’ class and went back to my own MD (Message Descriptor) class. At least I know it works. 🙂 The reason I originally created my MD class […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.0.1.13 Released

August 13, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.13 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21960691 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Microsoft Releases Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi

August 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Today, Microsoft announced the public release of Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 and the MinnowBoard Max. Microsoft also announced a “build a home automation solution that leverages the power of Windows 10 IoT Core running on Raspberry Pi 2” contest. For more information, go here. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 40.0 Released

August 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v40.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Java MQMD class Weirdness

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix

I’m trying to use the MQMD class in a Java application and I’m getting weird results. I tested it with both MQ JAR files from v7.5.0.2 and v8.0.0.2 with JVM of v1.7.0. Note: All of my testing was done in ‘client mode’ (not bindings mode). The first odd thing is that MQMD class is in […]

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LibreOffice 5.0 Released

August 5, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v5.0. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/08/05/libreoffice-5-0-stands-out-from-the-office-suite-crowd/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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