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Concurrency or “How I learned to love the ’stache”

An indepth technical discussion about concurrency and why it matters
in modern web and general programming environments. With the upcoming
Ruby 1.9 release and Rails 2.2/3.0 with thread safety, concurrency
should be on the mind of every Ruby programmer. This talk will go into
a discussion of what the different types of threads are, what
precautions or advice you should carry with you as you write
concurrent code, and why you should be looking into other
fundamentally different languages (like erlang or scala) for long
running, complex, and multi faceted requests. Topics will include
Fuzed and why it represents an exciting shift in hosting options and a
telnet chat client, which will be used as a backchannel during the
demonstration. The goal is not to scare you, but to help you see the
forest despite the concurrent trees.

Christopher Williams

President/CEO

Iterative Designs LLC

http://www.iterativedesigns.com

1818 Library Street: Suite 500

Reston, VA 20190