on Change... on Eckel's site

Here is a quote on change that I really liked on Bruce Eckel's site:

You do not have to spend a lot of time and effort on those who strongly resist change. You only have to help and protect those who want to change, so that they are able to succeed. Put another way, your job is not to plant the entire forest, row by row -- it is to plant clumps of seedlings in hospitable places and to nurture them. As they mature, these trees will spread their seeds, and the forest will eventually cover the fertile land. The rocks, will, of course, remain barren regardless. ... once you have figured out who cannot be converted, you should not waste more time trying to persuade them.
-- David Hutton, The Change Agents' Handbook


Well said.
Apt.


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Eckel Talks ActionScript!

One of my favorite authors, Bruce Eckel now writes on ActionScript!!!
(He :

1. is the reason, I feel confident on Java and C++,
   
2. gives amazing insights on programming in his books, check them out!
3. simply the coolest, because he gave out his books for free! )

AS - language I spend most of my time with.

Wow!

Take a look at:

1. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/creating_components.html
2. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/as_collections.html
   

I am going to look for more articles he may have written on AS, see if I can come up with anything, Welcome to ActionScript Bruce!

There is another important point to note here...
If Bruce Eckel is writing on AS... it means that:

1. either AS is really good, worth writing about
2. or it has now become 1
3. or there are a lot of business opportunities in AS
4. or Adobe hired him and asked him to write something on AS.
5. all of the above
6. none of the above.

Another point to note... though it could be a little far fetched.
ECMAScript 4 (and probable AS4 ) proposes Iterators, and Bruce takes the same topic as an example to explain functional programming. Coincidence?

Anyway, I find that I get into the "hero-worship" mode really quickly, and that mode switch is happening again....

Bruce Eckel writes on AS3 and Flex... cool!

Other References...

• Bruce Eckel's Website: http://www.mindviewinc.com/
• Artima Developer, where the article first appeared: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=230610
• What's new in ECMAScript 4 that is not already in AS3: http://moock.org/lectures/newInECMAScript4/
• Overview of ECMAScript4: http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf
• ECMAScript 4 - Progress: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pFIHldY_CkszsFxMkQOReAQ&gid=2

:)

S.