Month: December 2004

I-93 tunnels said to need constant care. The Big Dig's tunnels are structurally sound, despite hundreds of leaks, but keeping them safe will require constant inspection and an ongoing leak-patching program, two consulting engineers told a legislative panel yesterday. [BostonGlobe-FrontPage]

Threads cannot be implemented as a library. Interesting HP paper on why threads cannot be implemented as a library in a way that guarantees correct results. Haven't had time to read it yet, but I recall this exact issue coming up in our recent discussion of C++. [Ceejbot]

Python 2.4. Language geek day continues with the release of Python 2.4. In addition to the language changes, performance is better as well. Major steps forward since 2.2, which wasn't released all that long ago. [Ceejbot]