October 31, 2004

Is System.Net.FileWebResponse class so limited WRT to content type?

I got a problem. It's .NET problem. In XInclude.NET I'm fetching resources by URI using WebRequest/WebResponse classes. Everything seems to be working fine, the only problem is as follows: when the URI is file system URI, the content type property is always "application/octet-stream". Looks like it's hardcoded in System.Net.FileWebResponse class ...

Five XQuery/XPath/XSLT working drafts updated

W3C has published fresh working drafts for XQuery/XPath/XSLT. XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language, XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization. These address comments received on previous drafts. XQuery 1.0. What's ...

Cw (Comega) language compiler pereview (again?)

From the Microsoft Research: Comega is an experimental language which extends C# with new constructs for relational and semi-structured data access and asynchronous concurrency. Cw is an extension of C# in two areas: - A control flow extension for asynchronous wide-area concurrency (formerly known as Polyphonic C#). - A data ...