True, still confusing though. The release seems to have been postponed, JDK7 features are not final just like Coin is not final (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2009-November/ 002461.html). Does that mean the community has a new window for contributing?
/Casper On Nov 19, 1:40 am, 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=.
