In all the fuss about lambda, nobody seems to have asked what happened to the fixnum proposal, or to tail recursion.
Trail recursion is obviously of more benefit to languages that have a functional bias, but fixnum... think about it, everybody's going to benefit from cheap boxing/unboxing! On 24 September 2010 16:52, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote: > F1) Nothing on the corporate strategy about Google has been said. > F2) The JME revamping program was, how can I say, a little vague. I mean, > it looks like as Android II, but - unless I've missed something, and I could > - I've not heard about precise milestones. Note that, unlike any other > technology that, once delivered, you just download and start using, mobile > techs have a much longer pipeline: once the reference is ready, you need > manufacturers endorsements and then you have to wait until the consumers > have bought a relevant number of appliances. Even assuming that Oracle is > serious (I have other thoughts, but I won't disclose now... going to have > some birdwatching along the coast!!) I'd like to hear by which year they > presume that the JME.new thing would have a decent spread (it's obvious I'm > quite skeptical about that). > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > > > -- > 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.
