Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen

Denmark

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Java software developer against legacy Cobol code. MUCH more fun than it sounds :)

7-bit ASCII rendering of my name for those who want to address me without a Danish/Norwegian keyboard: "Thorbjoern"

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Mono is frequently used to say “Yes, .NET is cross-platform”. How valid is that claim?

java .net mono asked Nov 20 '10 at 17:11

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java types byte asked Jul 31 '11 at 21:31

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21 votes

Killer facility or scenario that would make another JVM a better choice than the Sun JVM?

java jvm asked Nov 1 '09 at 8:04

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17 votes

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A simple way to create static imports for constants in existing code?

java eclipse asked May 5 '09 at 9:11

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13 votes

Recommendations of a high volume log event viewer in a Java enviroment

java logging asked Jan 11 '09 at 15:59

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13 votes

What are the best debugging tricks with Weld/CDI?

java java-ee-6 cdi jboss-weld jsr330 asked Jan 31 '11 at 11:13

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12 votes

Is Perforce worth it?

java eclipse git mercurial perforce asked Aug 28 '09 at 9:54

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12 votes

How to convert a printer driver to a stand-alone console application which can generate a printer file containing the bytes to be sent to the printer?

c# windows visual-studio sdk printing asked Apr 22 '10 at 17:42

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11 votes

A methology that allows for a single Java code base covering many different versions?

java project-management dependency-injection java-ee-6 asked Aug 17 '09 at 13:55

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