Have you dreaded synchronization when you have concurrent Java applications and multiple threads simultaneously running and need to ensure that these multiple threads have access to the data they share? Immutable data structures can minimize the need to synchronize.
Here’s a post from Jim McClure on reducing and localizing the necessity for synchronization by creating and using immutable data structures. Even though a lot of the posts here on Digital Media Minute feature what I’d call less technical tips and resources having to do with graphic design, etc. I also like to include more heavyweight content such as programmers will hopefully find useful; I’m trying to make this site a functional repository for both ends of the spectrum.
