Java --(javac)--> ByteCode --(hotspot)--> Native Byte"Code" is not a misnomer, code generation has been common for years
Yes, it's common, and it's mainstream On 4 June 2010 21:34, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course we've always had code generation and scaffolding tools, but > I get the feeling that it's gaining popularly and breaking into the > mainstream (i.e. not just Groovy, Rails etc.). > > GWT uses generation to the extreme for obvious reasons, Lombok uses > generation to make up for stale language evolution, Spring has always > been into low-level AOP kind of things, but their latest Roo framework > seems to embrace generation even further. > > So is this a general tendency all around, code generation becoming > mainstream? I've traditionally feared the day I can't do full round- > trip engineering in plain view but depend on magic generators and > IDE's (perhaps due to experiences with JDeveloper and the ADF > framework). Is this a good thing or a symptom of inferior languages > and lack of expressibility? > > -- > 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.
