> In this case (language changes) I was happy they > opened up the process somewhat, even if the final evaluation and > decision-making was done internally.
While it was fun to follow the mailing-lists, I'm not really convinced language design benefit from this approach, with no real expert/design team apart from experts chiming in on each their area of interest. > By the time they started on these language enhancements, > they had left themselves little time to do anything major, and in fact > explicitly said they were looking for small language changes only. Yes which since led people to more than ever consider Java stale. I mean, the community obviously wanted something that could spark some life, productivity and fun into Java again <http://tech.puredanger.com/ java7>. So I think it's only natural if some are disappointed with this JDK7 iteration. /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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
