Domain-specific languages (DSLs) sometimes pop up where you least expect them. This week, for instance, Thoughtworks Studios released an upgrade to its Twist automated testing tool that includes a DSL for building test suites and scenarios in plain English, hiding the complexity of test automation. That's a classical application of DSLs -- those programming or specification languages that are dedicated to a particular problem domain.

 IBM has released its annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report and, if you're a bit paranoid about computer security, the news isn't good. And if you aren't paranoid about security, well maybe you should be.

That is one of the error messages emitted by the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop C compiler. So are:

This label is the target of a goto from outside of the block containing this label AND this block has an automatic variable with an initializer AND your window wasn't wide enough to read this whole error message

You can't modify a constant, float upstream, win an argument with the IRS, or satisfy this compiler

Google's Go language has many similarities to C, Java and Python as well as a number of peculiarities (ex: semicolons ending some statements and not others).  Presenter Brett McLaughlin has recorded a screencast series to help programmers quickly get acquainted with Go.  Does he succeed with this objective?  Read on to find out.

 Having a problem with information overload? Can't keep up with articles you ought to be reading? We're here to help with the following Windows-focused reading list.