Alas... But JavaFX is such a great language: closures, traits, multiple-inheritance, simplified coding... has it all !
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 08:30, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 Sep., 01:01, RogerV <[email protected]> wrote: > > So it will essentially be about another 2 years before closures in > > Java sees the light of day > > Who would have thought that the iPhone gets closures two years before > Java does (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > Closure_(computer_science)#Objective-C_2.0)... JDK 7 really is the > "Duke Nukem Forever" of JDKs. > > This may also be the final nail in the JavaFX coffin. I remember > hearing that JavaFX really needs Java modularity for quick start-up > time on the desktop and in mobile to compete effectively against > Flash. JavaFX is already nowhere to be seen in mobile, and on the > desktop it will now lag behind Flash/Flex/AIR for another two years. > By then, I think most developer attention will be on smartphones, > tables and HTML 5, not JavaFX (nor Flash or Silverlight). > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
