Rust Language – Hello World

What is RUST?

Rust is an experimental, concurrent, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Mozilla Labs. It is designed to be practical, supporting pure-functional, concurrent-actor, imperative-procedural, and object-oriented styles. /wikipedia/

How to install it on your Gnu/Linux box?
Pre-requirements:

  • g++ 4.4 or clang++ 3.x
  • python 2.6 or later
  • perl 5.0 or later
  • gnu make 3.81 or later
  • curl

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Fosdem protocol for Mozilla Firefox (fosdem:about)

I just uploaded for approval an Add-on that defines FOSDEM protocol. What is FOSDEM? FOSDEM is a two-day event organized by volunteers to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software. Protocol? This Add-on: defines FOSDEM protocol  (see bellow) it’s showcase how to create your own protocol for Mozilla Firefox Supported commands: fosdem:about … Read more

Open Source GeoServer now coding Java at light-speed using JRebel for free.

Quite a while ago we decided to give free JRebel licenses to valuable F(L)OSS projects. GeoServer is one of them:   GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, it publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards. … Read more