Considering a very simple finite state machine (FSM) such as a code lock which requires you to enter a 4-digit numeric code and upon which will open the lock for a brief few seconds. Such a FSM have two states: Locked and Open. Every time a key is entered[...]

See http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~psw12/ The Web of Data is growing at an enormous pace. However, the development of dedicated software applications, capable to deal efficiently in information-rich spaces, of which the Semantic Web is one dimension, is notye[...]

"When the guidance comes from someone who is a genuine Master programmer, then it’s possible he/she is trying to show us something we don’t even know we don’t know. How can we find out, other than by exploring the suggested path?" Why should we do code ka[...]

Many programmers and engineers I’ve met say when asked about philosophy:<blockquote class="tr_bq"> - I don’t really care for it. It’s obsolete because of science.</blockquote> Could it be that it’s the engineering point of view? The view that some scient[...]

Back in January I built a sample Pacman maze script in F# to use at a Pacman Kata evening with the F#unctional Londoners group. Coincidentally there’s another Coding Kata this Thursday 26th July at Skills Matter. Anyway a couple of weeks ago I started pla[...]

Luke Hoban's OAuth implementation for Twitter works for LinkedIn as well. All you need to do is to switch the requestTokenURI/accessTokenURI/authorizeURI addresses from Twitter on LinkedIn. Example you can find here : http://sergeytihon.wordpress.com/2012[...]

Another week, another Thursday, another release and another new slot to add to our platoon of F#-backed slots game, Plants vs Zombies Summer Brains is now live on Lucky Gem Casino! Plants vs Zombies Summer Brainz As you can see from the sports stadium in [...]

Version 3.0 of the F#  language (which ships with Visual Studio 2012) has a number of new language features.  I expect that most people who follow F# are aware of the two big new language features: Type Providers and LINQ queries, which work together to h[...]

It’s funny how over time the meaning of a technical word will converge to something halfway between what the experts intended and some fuzzy notion consisting of the most easily graspable components of that idea. In this inevitable process an idea is stri[...]