I hope that "java.next" will have a feature something like Fan where
you have a facility to add in dynamic methods.  Hugely powerful
feature, seems like the best of both worlds to me.

On Jan 8, 6:30 pm, RogerV <[email protected]> wrote:
> No one's complaining regarding the Posse's fandom for Scala.
>
> But lifting the embargo on anything Groovish or Springish would be
> nice  :-)
>
> BTW, so that I'm not perceived as painting myself as an outright
> Groovy fanboy, I don't believe a dynamic scripting language (even if
> it does compile to byte code) will be elgible for being the successor
> language to Java.
>
> I firmly believe that any successor language to Java (i.e., one that
> can fully take the place of where and how Java is used) will need to
> be a static typing language.
>
> From that perspective, Scala has more of a chance than Groovy.
>
> I instead see scripting languages as just being important addendum's
> to what can be used on the JVM, but not what will become a flagship
> language of the JVM.
>
> On Jan 8, 1:06 pm, kibitzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I genuinely don't understand putting the boot into the Posse for
> > talking about Scala. What's that about? If you listen consistently,
> > you understand that Carl is pretty sold on Scala, the others like it,
> > and that Dick has, for quite a while, dabbled in Groovy. So what?
> > They're just talking about what they've been playing with. The Posse
> > is, after all, the view of individuals, not an industry barometer.
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