The idea that java "stopped growing", busied by a number of people in this thread seems nuts to me. In what form could that statement possibly be true? This is all I can come up with, and java rolls "not dead yet - or in fact, at all" on all accounts:
(A) Language itself. Nope, JDK8 is in full swing and is set to bring closures, which as far as a language changes go, is a whopper. (B) Core Libraries. Nope. The core libraries are still getting major new releases, such as the Objects utility class and newnewIO. (C) Developer base. Nope. Java is the most popular language for active development (i.e. maintaining projects that someone ought to take out back and put out of its misery doesn't count - java still the most popular language worldwide). (D) Community. Nope. Devoxx in particular is selling out faster this year around than any other year, the CFP netted more papers than any other year. (E) Third party libraries. Nope. Everything from build systems to web frameworks to entirely new GUI stacks are not just making major strides in new functionality, but entirely new libraries in those spaces are being built or have been recently released. So, and please get a little offended when I say this: You're all just completely full of it. "Java is (dead / stable / on its last legs)" is a nonsensical thing to say. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/ZiNoz5qSilYJ. 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.
