On Jan 8, 5:51 pm, "Van Riper" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have the data to confirm or deny that, but, faster does not > necessarily mean better. True, but few would argue innovation is bad, apart from conservative people trapped in legacy land, who are welcome to stay with an older version. > I take issue with that interpretation of Neal's post. I believe the > thrust of his post was about lack of Sun commitment to funding > Language Design Specialists like himself to focus on adding new > language features. My interpretation is that he is against both committee design as well as community design, as he was subjected to over the closure debate. To paraphrase Anders Hejlsberg: "You'll want a small group of people, with good taste... that's hard to define, though you sorta recognize it when you see it", which can explain why Gafter felt like contributing where he could actually make a difference. Ironically, recent events regarding Jigsaw overtaking JSR-277 and OSGi paints a similar picture when it comes to committee and community design. /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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
