A thousand times this. As important as it is to keep evolving the platform, it would be a capital mistake to rush features out the door half-baked in a bid to stem off some sort of mass exodus. That's just not going to happen, nor would java all of a sudden shove a dagger in C's back and bury that particular giant once and for all because it gets some extra features.
That's not to say we should stop caring about features - just because something does not immediately translate to a massive shift in userbase (in one direction or the other), that's no reason to disregard it. Also, language features, or lack thereof, does have an effect on user base, especially if you take a long-term view. On Saturday, July 21, 2012 6:46:57 AM UTC+2, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> My point is that I'm upset with jigsaw delays because it's jeopardizing >> the chances Java clients defend or enlarge a bit their market share > > > I'm not convinced about that. If anything, whatever increase in mind share > that Jigsaw might have added to Java has been completely dwarfed by the > number of new developers that Android added over the past three years. > > At the end of the day, it's the products that matter, not language > features. > > -- > Cédric > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/vTsQRNPWwfkJ. 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.
