basE91 is an advanced method for encoding binary data as ASCII characters. It is similar to UUencode or base64, but is more efficient. The overhead produced by basE91 depends on the input data. It amounts at most to 23% and can range down to 14%.
Tomato is an experimental Java application development environment which aims to replace text-based Java programming with a point-and-click visual programming language. The prototype works sufficiently to help develop parts of itself.