Have you considered alternative JVM languages that give you access to the full java ecosystem but still have all that juicy functional goodness?
I have a vested interest in Scala, but Groovy, Clojure, etc. are also looking good nowadays. Definitely worth checking out! On 13 May 2010 01:06, RogerV <[email protected]> wrote: > Closures in Java 7: Not Likely > http://www.davidflanagan.com/2010/05/closures-in-jav.html > > > Anybody on this list have any insight to what's going on at Oracle > regarding Java? > > Is this article an over reaction or spot on? > > > I have to admit am starting to get worried about Oracle's stewardship > of Java. They need to be making a public perception that they're on > top and on the ball with prior stated goals for the language. Yet it's > more like they've all gone on holiday and turned the lights out. > > The sad thing in my case is I was on the verge of getting a > development group that's been using C# .NET for a few years to switch > to Java and an app server to do the re-tooling of their app. (This is > not at all a web centric application and a JEE app server actually > would have a ton of advantages for their particular middle-ware. This > is very much of a case of the plethora of libraries and frameworks per > Java platform would be much greater advantage than the latest C# > language feature set.) > > Yet if Java is just slipping into the depths of language atrophy, as > alluded to by this linked posting, then that makes for a tougher sell. > If I could at least have said "see, you'll be getting closures in Java > 7 real soon now..." > > C# has closures and lambdas now and once you start using those > facilities you get spoiled to them. My very sold reasons for wanting > them to switch has to contend with these kinds of nits - despite these > things are not as crucial as the Java Concurrency library or the fork/ > join framework, or cluster singleton mbeans, etc., etc. > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
