*hum* Scala. Scala. Scala-Scala-ching-ching-ching. *hum* On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Mark Derricutt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Surely if they'd said/planned this from the outset we'd be much farther > along, rather than open sourcing the implementation and keeping the language > spec. locked in Suns control? > > I was just wondering how well JavaFX script could sit on the server side (I > have a few small pet project ideas I'm planning to look at on the weekend), > animations aside - theres a lot in the language that people have been > wanting from Java.next. How will Sun split their priorities between the two > languages? > > Is late 2010 still the estimated time for Java7? > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Frederic Simon > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> But 2 other important stuff Mark Reinhold said: >> - Sun will first cut the JDK into isolated modules in Java 7 before adding >> anything. >> - Backward compatibility is less important than modularity... WOW!?! >> Basically there will be a clean Java and then you can add the ugly Java >> modules for backward compatibility on top. >> >> For the language feature looks like they are really waiting for the >> community to work on OpenJDK and stop saying: Sun do this! Sun do that! >> Frankly, I understand them. >> Java should not be a pure Sun business anymore! >> >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Yes, confirmed by Mark Reinhold, Chief Engineer of SE, at Devoxx. >>> >>> /Casper >>> >>> On Dec 11, 7:30 pm, "Mark Derricutt" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Have closures officially been nixed from Java 7 then? >>> > >>> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Tom Hawtin < >>> [email protected]>wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > On Dec 11, 6:02 pm, Hairless_ape <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > > I'm afraid that with this, Java is dying. >>> > >>> > > Bingo! >>> > >>> > > I believe that appears on the "worst blog titles for 2009" Devoxx >>> > > whiteboard. >>> > >>> > > Tom >>> > >>> > -- >>> > "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." >>> -- >>> > Bill Harlan >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.jfrog.org/ >> http://freddy33.blogspot.com/ >> http://nothingisinfinite.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> > > > -- > "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." -- > Bill Harlan > > > > -- Viktor Klang Senior Systems Analyst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
