Closures has certainly excited the entire community. In the sense that everyone is running around bawling at the top of their collective voice that their pet proposal is clearly the only right answer and everyone who doesn't see this is an idiot. I'm as guilty of this as anybody else. It's intriguing how closure proposals are so polarizing.
Though, I get the feeling that really isn't what you meant. Java as a language doesn't have too many internal cool features. Even features that are being discussed (like closures) have been done to death in other languages. So you need to look just a little bit further: One very cool thing where java is doing pretty well is IDE integration: while tor is doing good works in making Ruby and now Python almost java-like in supporting auto-complete and such, java is still the undisputed master. There are some advantages to not having too many fancy language features and a manifest static nominal typing system. Even there the news isnt all good: Scala plugins for IDEs are finally getting there, and it has even more information to offer, because it has more typing. On a related note: Fork-Join is certainly awesome. But also related to closures, because without them its very awkward to write for. On Jan 18, 2:07 am, Michael Easter <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > Weiqi Gao is a friend of mine, and asked a question on episode #225. > From my conversations with him in the past months, and recently, I > think his question was misunderstood on the podcast. > > Undoubtedly, the _JVM world_ has a lot of exciting things: Weiqi > himself is contributing to a book for JavaFX, and has tracked new > trends on his blog for years. However, the JVM world is splintering > into subgroups: JavaFX, Scala, Android, etc each have their own scene, > each distinct from the core Java language and libraries. This is > terrific, but relevant to understanding the angle of the question. > > If I may re-phrase his question, and add my own spice: > > Q: Is there anything upcoming in good old Java (the core language or > libraries) that excites _most_ everyone in the Java community? That > is, in a unifying way which transcends the camp boundaries and makes > people -- neo-nerds and Java mainstreamers alike -- stop and say "hey > I didn't know Java could do that!" ? > > I look forward to a discussion on the forum... > > thanks, > Michael Easter > > ps. One possible answer, IMO is the Fork-Join library > > pps. Weiqi is pronounced (way-chee), per his website:http://www.weiqigao.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
