> But... is it good thing? Android, by being incompatible with the Java > ecosystem, is increasing fragmentation in the world. This will lead > to greater entropy and the eventual heat death of the universe. We > must stop this and get Android to be compatible with Java to decrease > the entropy in the world and save humanity.
Ultimately it all comes down to whether you want a stale official standard or a vibrant de-facto standard. I say let's push the state of art a bit within the Java space, it's long needed. Sun could've done this themselves a long time ago. Why is it it's now Google utilizing "Java" for web client development (GWT), hosted-server development (GAE) and on mobile devices (Android)? As to the entropy, that a function of time and will always be there; the difference is how you deal with it, whether you swallow a jagged pill occasionally or have a bulldozer push the problems ahead of you. Or to put it another way, if Google had used Ecma-334 (C#) for their stuff, would Java (TM) be in a better state now? /Casper -- 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.
