Yeah but I was talking more about discrete generators at various steps in the tool-chain and at runtime, not just a compiler.
On Jun 4, 10:42 pm, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > 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.
