The Linker would like everyone to know that the current popular fad of tying onions to one’s belt will eventually be referred to as the style of the time. Also, nickels will now be called “bees.” “Gimme five bees for a quarter,” you’ll say…

The origin of the word daemon…

Why can I access an out-of-scope C++ variable?

The essence of the Iterator pattern…

Five books to help you become a better software engineer…

Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax business.

Big NoSQL battle to the death…

Branch-free programming…

GWT dependency injection using GIN…

Today’s random Wikipedia entry: The Celtic Revival