> I wish they would give us a simple subsetting model > like, "we are 100% compatible with J2SE5 except for AWT/J2D/Swing/RMI/ > CORBA". Instead, we have a chaothic mix of APIs, including several > fragmented packages. But I digress...)
It's not only about the API's, for instance you can't use the JSE5 Enum language construct either as it's considered inefficient. The most disapointing to me is how the designers of Dalvik, though register based rather than stack based, stayed with object oriented bytecodes. Java provides a low barrier of entry, but it's hardly a state-of-the-art language for the future. If I were within Sun/Oracle management, I'd try to ride the Android wave and push a superior development experience through JavaFX. -- 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.
