Casper Bang wrote: > Nah, Martin Odersky was still dabbling on Pizza (predecessor to Java > with generics) by the time most of the C# stuff was being thought > out. ;) I realize people consider Scala a contender to the next-gen > I wasn't serious :-) this thread seems to have a high degree of humor. > language but I honestly can't see your average corporate developer use > it, it's just too different. > Well, I agree, indeed. I think Scala is the best new language in the Java ecosystem, and it has got all the new stuff of modern languages, but I don't see it in the average corporate. To me, the successor of Java-the-language has still to be born. Which raises a serious question, BTW: we're saying that C# and Scala have got the same stuff (roughly), that C# is more modern than Java and thus it's more appreciated by some developers. Still, we perceive that Scala is too different to be widely accepted. So, why a pumped-up Java should be accepted? Of course we could think of an implementation of new stuff with a more "conservative" fashion, but would it really be possible? And would it be really an acceptable engineering trade-off?
From my point of view, the answer is negative: I don't see any acceptable trade-off happening in Java. And I see Scala as too exotic; that's why I expect a genius strike from somebody else, as the killer idea will be a new language which has got modern features, it's catchy as Java was in 1996 _and_ has got some continuity with the present. BTW, I don't know if this stuff is even possible - I hope so. -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/blog [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
