Scala 2.8.1 (bugfix release) is scheduled for September/October this year Followed by 2.9 in December/January, with lots of gorgeous parallel collections.
Then before Java gets closures, I expect to see a lot more of the work from Stanford PPL coming out: http://www.scala-lang.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/PPL_EPFL-2009.pdf <http://www.scala-lang.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/PPL_EPFL-2009.pdf> http://ppl.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Delite These people aren't saying "what's the fuss about 4 cores, why is that significantly different from 2?" They're saying "We'll run code on your GPU(s), can you really divide your software into 512 distinct parallel tasks? No? Never mind... this framework can!" *Massively* parallel :) Just before Java gets closures to support ForkJoin... <http://ppl.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Delite> On 8 September 2010 18:14, Serge Boulay <[email protected]> wrote: > JDK 7 minus lambda, jigsaw and coin .. what's left then? > > 2010/9/8 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> You need to read that a bit more closely. Mid-2012 is under a plan >>> they are gravitating away from. >>> >> >> From Mark's post: >> >> Plan A: JDK 7 (as currently defined) Mid 2012 >> Plan B: JDK 7 (minus Lambda, Jigsaw, and part of Coin) Mid 2011 >> JDK 8 (Lambda, Jigsaw, the rest of Coin, ++) Late 2012 >> >> >> To me, "JDK 7 minus Lambda, Jigsaw and part of Coin" doesn't sound much >> like "Getting Java moving again". >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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 / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / 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.
