P#? But that's not even a musical note, it's just a curious infection. What are these people thinking?
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > Well there is the F language. And of course F#. Don't forget P#. Then there > are all the Visual ??? languages. Scala of course and a bunch of others. So > I think it could have been much worse though it is hard to get your boss to > let work work on something that sounds like fun. > > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Jon Kiparsky <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> It may make me a bad person, or a shallow one, but I cannot conceive of >> learning a language called "groovy". The idea simply turns my stomach. Could >> they not have come up with a less awful name? Like, maybe "scrotum"? >> >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM, parentjo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> During the brief discussion of groovy's upcoming static typing I feel >>> groovy++ deserves to be mentioned as well. It is an extension/ >>> companion for the current groovy release. It retains all of the groovy >>> goodness and adds static typing with a simple annotation. The static >>> typing is both at compile time (*) and at runtime. The lack of runtime >>> enhancements (MOP) gives it a clear performance boost compared to >>> dynamic groovy. >>> >>> I used this in small project and it gives you all the enhancements to >>> Collection API, closures, terse syntax etc of groovy while being typed >>> like java. Personally, that's all I need. >>> >>> It is no clear to me what the "interactions" are between the groovy++ >>> and groovy project since the latter does not seem to refer to the >>> existing groovy++ work much. Politics perhaps? >>> >>> More info and benchmarks at >>> http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/wiki/Welcome >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Johan >>> >>> (*) From G. Laforge's talk @devoxx2011 I remember that initially the >>> type checking will be compile time only. Maybe that changed in the >>> meanwhile. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "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 >> "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. > > > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > www.lakotaeastbands.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "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 "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.
