Paul Tomblin

Rochester, NY

blog.xcski.com

Age: 52

Java/C++/Perl programmer on Linux/Unix. 25+ years experience. Still learning.

Working on a contract from home. Does it get any better than this?

http://www.linkedin.com/in/paultomblin

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Real differences between “java -server” and “java -client”?

java jvm asked Oct 13 '08 at 18:40

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Can we make it more plain to recruiters that we're not open to relocation?

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Storing code snippets in eclipse

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28 votes

Is there an equivalent of java.util.regex for “glob” type patterns?

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24 votes

Sort on a string that may contain a number

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19 votes

Enforcing a coding style

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16 votes

When are API methods marked “deprecated” actually going to go away?

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16 votes

Isn't Careers supposed to prevent recruiter spamming?

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11 votes

How to document a database

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10 votes

How do I make sure my objects get garbage collected?

java garbage-collection jprofiler asked Sep 30 '08 at 18:24

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