May 2008 - Posts

ArgumentNullException vs ArgumentException
28 May 08 09:17 PM | MattManela | 2 Comments   

Both ArgumentNullException and ArgumentException have a constructor which takes two strings. One is the name of the parameter (or argument) in question and the other is a string describing the exception. The funny/odd/interesting thing about them is that Read More...

Filed under: C#, Programming

Intro to LINQ to SQL Optimistic Concurrency
22 May 08 08:40 PM | MattManela | 0 Comments   

After some investigation I feel I have a decent understanding on how LINQ to SQL concurrency works. LINQ to SQL uses optimistic concurrency which means that it never takes an exclusive lock on a table. It caches the information you are working with and Read More...

Filed under: C#, Programming, LINQ

Breadth First Tree Traversal in Haskell
11 May 08 07:30 PM | MattManela | 0 Comments   

As my interest in functional languages has grown, I have become increasingly interested in using them to implement algorithms which I can already write with imperative languages. For example, I was taught to implement (and I assume most other people as Read More...

Filed under: Haskell, Programming