I don't know if lack of change in the JVM spec really is "testament to good design"
There is a nice quip from Gosling on exactly this point -in an interview by Michael Cote (RedMonkRadio podcast) Gosling says "Turing was right!" the JVM might be the worst design ever BUT it can still compute anything computable Actually, if Gilad Bracha is to be believed, having types in the VM, as the jvm and clr do is "the worst idea in the history of computing" (i think those are his words -from lang.net 2007 presentation) -the man must be relieved to be working on smalltalk vm's again pete F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
