When connecting to DB2 using the JDBC driver, an additional property gets added to the supplied java.util.Properties object.  The property is 'LANGUAGE=C'.  I don't think the DB2 JDBC driver is supposed to alter this parameter.

Hey, some good news about ACL5!  (About time, too.)  ACL5 allows CLOS objects to be patched!  I tried loading a FASL into an image that contained both DEFCLASS and DEFMETHOD, and it worked.

A few days ago I reported to Franz a problem with the following code:

(defun make-fn (arguments)
   #'(lambda ()
        (labels ((doit (a b c)
                    (try-something-else a b c) )
                 (try-something-else (a b c)
                    (list 666 a b c) ))
           #'(lambda ()
                (apply #'doit arguments) )
            )))

(defvar *function* nil)

(setf it (funcall (make-fn '(1 2 3))))
(funcall it)

(compile 'make-fn)
(setf it (funcall (make-fn '(1 2 3))))
(funcall it)

The second FUNCALL, after compiling MAKE-FN, results in a error reporting an invalid object type or some other incongruous message.  Franz acknowledged the bug as a compiler optimization bug and suggested replacing APPLY with a call to our function of this type:

(defun my-apply (function arguments)
   (apply function arguments) )

This fixed it.  Franz promised that the bug will be fixed in "some future version of ACL".

Here is how to use Microsoft's makecert utility to generate certificates:

To make a CA certificate (self-signed):

makecert -cy authority -r -n "CN=MM Root Authority" -sv zot.pvk zot.cer

To make a certificate signed by the new CA:

makecert -ic zot.cer -iv zot.pvk -n "CN=MM Test SSL,O=MM Test SSL,C=CA,S=Alberta,L=Calgary" -sv test.pvk test.cer