RSS Digest: Week Ending 30-Dec-2011

Java

Args4j vs JCommander for Parsing Command Line Parameters
http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/12/args4j-vs-jcommander-for-parsing.html

Java Sequential IO Performance
http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.com/2011/12/java-sequential-io-performance.html

Java 8 Status Updates
http://jthoenes.bergischweb.de/2011/12/23/java-8-status-updates/

C++

Beginner’s Guide to Linkers
http://www.lurklurk.org/linkers/linkers.html

Programming

Significant Software Development Developments of 2011
http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/12/significant-software-development.html

Performance Engineering of Software Systems
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-172-performance-engineering-of-software-systems-fall-2010/