more good news .....Joe said "In terms of Project Coin, with the extended JDK 7 schedule the fate of multi-catch in the release may be reconsidered."
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Mark Derricutt <[email protected]> wrote: > My understanding is that the goal of "coin" was small changes that > don't affect the type system. That however doesn't preclude OTHER > projects which DO touch the type system (I'm sure modularity is > touching the type system for access levels at least). > > Still - will be interesting to hear there reasoning behind the > decision changes to include it. > > mark > > -- > Pull me down under... > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yeah it's confusing, what made them suddenly change their mind? And > > doesn't this kinda portrait Coin as a joke (not wanting to touch the > > type system, only small changes etc.). It feels like a last minute > > 180, perhaps an attempt to keep up and not be characterized as a > > legacy language? (which the blogosphere has been saturated with the > > last couple of years) > > -- > > 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]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=. > > > -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=.
