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As you’re probably aware, Phar is now a core extension in PHP 5.3. This is great news for Greg Beaver, the project lead; he has worked incredibly hard to make the extension do all that could possibly be asked of it, and more. Marcus Borger and myself also work on the extension, but we’ve been left blinking at the speed of development more than once. At the time of writing, Greg had just added OpenSSL signing support to Phar, which means that the only thing left on the immediate TODO is performance optimization. Oh, and forward compatibility. Now optimization is definitely more Greg’s kind of thing than mine, and Marcus doesn’t have much spare time these days, so I took it on myself to focus on that other thing. I went to look at PHP 6. The good news is that from now, all phars created using PHP 5.2.1 and up should run under PHP 6 and vice versa. The structure’s unchanged. Sing hallelujah. The bad news is that a phar with a default stub won’t run under versions of PHP prior to PHP 5.2.1, whereas we had PHP 5.1 support this time last week. Blame: b and the binary cast. The default stub calls unpack(), you see, and PHP 6 needs to be told that the second argument to unpack() is a binary string and not a Unicode string. The only ways we have of telling PHP 6 this will throw a parse error in PHP 5.2.0 and under. There’s no way to have both backward compatibility and forward compatibility: we have to choose. I approached Andrei Zmievski and asked why we couldn’t simply have a f Read more...

Review "The monograph is short, self-contained, and extremely readable. It covers all the important points in enough detail for the subtleties involved to be understood, while still being general enough that the material is applicable to other concurrent calculi variants..." Professor Riccardo Pucella, Cornell University "The presentation is remarkably self-contained and clear...an excellent reference for researchers in the field." Mathematical Reviews Product Description Communication is a fundamental and integral part of computing, whether between different computers on a network, or between components within a single computer. In this book Robin Milner introduces a new way of modelling communication that reflects its position. He treats computers and their programs as themselves built from communicating parts, rather than adding communication as an extra level of activity. Everything is introduced by means of examples, such as mobile phones, job schedualers, vending machines, data structures, and the objects of object-oriented programming. But the aim of the book is to develop a theory, the pi-calculus, in which these things can be treated rigorously. The pi-calculus differs from other models of communicating behaviour mainly in its treatment of mobility. The movement of a piece of data inside a computer program is treated exactly the same as the transfer of a message--or indeed an entire computer program--across the internet. One can also describe networks which Read more...

Product Description The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work, and is now available with a unique, new CD-ROM for additional interactive practice. This pack contains the best-selling English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate, four audio CDs and a CD ROM that gives extra practice exercises, games and tests for self-study learners wanting to improve their pronunciation. # Paperback: 200 pages # Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Pap/Cdr/Co edition (March 5, 2007) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 0521687527 # ISBN-13: 978-0521687522 Read more...

Product Description The scope of this volume is to give to the reader a wide scenario of recent works characterized by a synergistic combination of Soft Computing area with recent trends of Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Ambient Intelligence. The editors present two basic motivations: the emergence of computational intelligence as a mature and integrated science, and the power of the agent paradigm in realizing complex and distributed environments. This book explores these emerging areas inviting well-known authors whose expertise is widely recognized. Product Details * Hardcover: 264 pages * Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 14, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 354073175X * ISBN-13: 978-3540731757 Read more...

Product Description Modern Database Management is the leading text in the business database market. It's noted for its focus on the latest principles, concepts and technologies and what leading practitioners say is most important for database developers. Book Info Designed for an introductory course in database management which is usually required as part of an information systems curriculum in business school, computer technology programs, and applied computer science departments. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews Product Details * Hardcover: 656 pages * Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8 edition (March 20, 2006) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0132212110 * ISBN-13: 978-0132212113 Read more...

English / 52 pages / PDF / 5MB The 6th issue of CGW this year. Read more...

More than 100,000 programmers owe their careers to Professor John Smiley. In this unique guide, the guru himself will teach you, in a classroom setting, how to program with C++. Learn from more than 100 questions and answers as well as real-world programming projects. Synopsis This guide to C++ is presented in the form of a real-world classroom experience. Over 100 questions are asked and answered in each chapter. It anticipates every question the reader may have asked themselves and many others they would never think to ask. Read more...

Book Description Complete coverage of e-discovery, a growth market, from the people that run the TechnoForensics annual tradeshow. Product Description This book provides IT security professionals with the information (hardware, software, and procedural requirements) needed to create, manage and sustain a digital forensics lab and investigative team that can accurately and effectively analyze forensic data and recover digital evidence, while preserving the integrity of the electronic evidence for discovery and trial. IDC estimates that the U.S. market for computer forensics will be grow from $252 million in 2004 to $630 million by 2009. Business is strong outside the United States, as well. By 2011, the estimated international market will be $1.8 billion dollars. The Techno Forensics Conference, to which this book is linked, has increased in size by almost 50% in its second year; another example of the rapid growth in the digital forensics world. The TechnoSecurity Guide to Digital Forensics and E-Discovery features: * Internationally known experts in computer forensics share their years of experience at the forefront of digital forensics * Bonus chapters on how to build your own Forensics Lab * 50% discount to the upcoming Techno Forensics conference for everyone who purchases a book See all Editorial Reviews Product Details * Paperback: 430 pages * Publisher: Syngress; Pap/DVD edition (September 28, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN Read more...

In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go "out of your mind." Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described "spiritual entertainer" was responsible for igniting the passion of countless wisdom seekers to the spiritual and philosophical delights of Asia and India. Now, with Out of Your Mind: Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives, you are invited to immerse yourself in twelve of this legendary thinker's pinnacle teaching sessions on how to break through the limits of the rational mind and begin expanding your awareness and appreciation for "the Great Game" unfolding all around us. Out of Your Mind brings you six complete seminars carefully selected from hundreds of recordings by Alan Watts' son and archivist Mark Watts that capture the true scope of this brilliant teacher in action. On these superb, digitally restored recordings, you will delve into Alan Watts' favorite pathways out of "the trap of conventional awareness," including: • "The art of the controlled accident"what happens when you stop taking your life so seriously and start enjoying it with complete sincerity • How we come to believe "the myth of myself" that we are "skin-encapsulated egos" separate from the world around us and how to transcend that illusion • Why we must fully embrace chaos and the Void to find our deepest purpose • Unconventional and refreshing insights into Read more...