Yup, interesting post. I agree with Stephen on most points except the checked exceptions part (I posted this as a comment on his blog but JRoller sucks rocks so my comment disappeared. Why is anyone still using this prehistoric software?).
Calling checked exceptions a "failed experiment" is a bit naive, and using Spring as an illustration of this is pretty ironic. If anything, Spring showed that using 100% runtime exceptions is as bad as using 0%. I use Spring on a daily basis and I spend an enormous amount of time going through pages and pages of logs containing endless stack traces of runtime exceptions, all more useless than the next. I contend that if it was possible to use checked exceptions judiciously, most of these errors could have been caught at compile time. Besides, in my experience, Spring has as many haters as supporters, so it's not really a shiny endorsement for runtime exceptions. It's clear that checked exceptions are hard to get right, but I am convinced that they are vital to produce robust software and that the correct approach is a mix of runtime and checked exceptions. -- Cédric On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:52 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Interesting: > http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/the_next_big_jvm_language1 > > He makes some good points, although I would also advocate > > 1) building more literals into The Next Big JVM Language such as > literal collections [], regular expressions /REGEXGOES HERE/, etc > (basically what groovy/ruby have) > 2) optional dynamic typing > > -- > 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. > > -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
