> I'm sorry Casper, that's not a darn good question. Sure it is. I have met many (like obviously the OP) who would not mind being able to use some of the benefits of C# (i.e. utilize LINQ or a strong component model) on top of the JVM to be able to use the best of both worlds. Without putting words in his mouth, I do believe our own Joe Nuxoll testamented to something along similar lines in past episodes. Take a look at the 10 most used languages from the Tiobe index, is it such a dumb question after all considering what the JVM and NetBeans now supports?
> You also can't run C++, nor Perl, nor Common Lisp, nor PL/I on top of > the JVM. That's a fallacy. We're talking about a corporate, strongly typed and managed language here in the context of "improved java". > There are a lot of things that are theoretically possible but is not > being done in reality. They are not done because doing them helps no > one. Why don't people write cross-platform applications in the Windows > API? With WINE, it is theoretically possible. Umm that's exactly what Google does, have you never used i.e. Picasa or Google earth on Linux? > The urge to unify similar things in computing is very strong, but any > attempt at doing them all ultimately fail. That's not unique to computing, Darwin, Einstein and people before those all dreaming about "the grand unification". Also, the fact that I am writing in English to you is a pretty good example of what unification can provide when it comes to interoperability. But to remain in the computing field, I think few people are sad about the merge of Beryl and Compiz. I didn't mean competition is bad though, I meant it's interesting to see what a 3'rd part can do with the best bits and pieces from the two competitors. /Casper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
