"hey, it[Scala] can already target .NET!" .NET 1.0 only still, right?
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, Scala itself can be fairly-easily retrofitted to compile against a > different back-end (hey, it can already target .NET!) and there's a project > already on GitHub allowing LLVM to be targeted. I wouldn't be at all > surprised to see other languages taking a similar approach. > There's also a good chance of more effort going into projects like VMKit - a > JVM implemented over LLVM. It'll be interesting to see what happens with > regards to user interfaces in this regard (I guess swing will be out), I can > imagine any number of fascinating possibilities based on LLVM code running > directly on a GPU. > > > On 21 October 2010 14:20, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Oct 21, 2:14 pm, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yet it was Apple themselves who deprecated the Java-Cocoa bindings. >> > That >> > was a sad day... >> >> Yeah they certainly seem to have a "remove the band-aid slowly and >> perhaps nobody will notice" strategy. >> >> Our own posse chief, Dick Wall, has gone all-in with Scala. It's thus >> not that hard to imagine a future where the runtime is irrelevant and >> we will just use whichever fits the best, and bundle it along with >> required libraries. Unfortunately for JSE, it failed to renew itself >> and remain attractive... Apple's issue is not really with Java [the >> language], but with the platform (runtime and particular the UI >> libraries). >> >> My prediction for the future is that desktop Java will continue to >> fade away much like applets have done [shameless plug, I investigated >> that issue a few years ago: http://goo.gl/wZ6V]. Apple not only >> recognizes this, they choose to take an active part (as they have with >> Flash). So either Oracle pours a ginourmous amount of cash into it, or >> the community shows remarkable synergy and determination. Or... we >> just move on. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
