Instance-First Development 3

Posted by Oliver on March 28, 2004

LZX is a prototype-based language: any attribute that can be attached to a class definition, can be attached to an instance of that class instead. This is handy in UI programming, where there are a number of objects with one-off behaviors. It’s also handy in prototyping and incremental program development, where it creates the possibility for a novel kind of refactoring.

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Optimizing for Broadband

Posted by Oliver on March 27, 2004

One feature of the recent LPS 2.0 release is the KRANK feature, for optimizing application startup performance.

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