Monthly Archives: May 2012

ProGuard v4.8 Released

May 31, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Eric Lafortune has just released ProGuard v4.8. http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. Finally, it preverifies the processed code [...]

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New: ISPF MQ Message Editor for z/OS v1.2.0

May 30, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of ISPF MQ Message Editor for z/OS v1.2.0. ISPF MQ Message Editor for z/OS application allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ for z/OS queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format similar to a database [...]

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Fedora 17 Released

May 29, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project Contributors has just released Fedora v17. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Release_Notes/index.html Fedora is a Linux-based operating system, a suite of software that makes your computer run. You can use the Fedora operating system to replace or to run alongside of other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. The Fedora operating system is 100% [...]

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Old Farts Know How to Code

May 28, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Here’s a funny/serious posting by Nick Bradbury: Old Farts Know How to Code Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Perl 5.16.0 Released

May 22, 2012 Roger Lacroix

The Perl developers have just released Perl v5.16.0. http://www.perl.org/get.html Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. It derives from the ubiquitous C programming language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, the Unix shell, and at least a dozen other tools and [...]

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How to be a Programmer

May 22, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Here’s a good document that every programmer should read: How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Technical Document on Multicast in WebSphere MQ 7.1

May 16, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM Support has release a technical document on how to use the new publish/subscribe functionality introduced in WebSphere MQ 7.1: Multicast. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27024903 Configuring and Using WebSphere MQ 7.1 Multicast.pdf Zip file with samples: MQ7.1-multicast-samples Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Discussion of Auditing of MQ

May 11, 2012 Roger Lacroix

On the MQ ListServer, there has been a recent discussion that MQ does not have the built-in ability to audit what users and/or applications do when connected to a queue manager. Here is some of the comments: Hubert said: What’s about implementing an API exit? You could create a new MQ operator account (e. g. [...]

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MQ Auditor’s new Audit Queue Off Load Application

May 10, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I am always looking to tune Capitalware’s applications . After reviewing MQ Auditor, it occurred to me that I could save 8-12 ms (milliseconds) per audit record that MQ Auditor writes to the audit files. Now, 8-12 ms per audit record may not sound like a lot but if your queue manager is processing a [...]

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ActiveMQ 5.6.0 Released

May 8, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Apache ActiveMQ Project has just released ActiveMQ v5.6.0. http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-560-release.html Apache ActiveMQ is the most popular and powerful open source messaging and Integration Patterns server. Apache ActiveMQ is fast, supports many Cross Language Clients and Protocols, comes with easy to use Enterprise Integration Patterns and many advanced features while fully supporting JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4. [...]

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