I want my lambdas now and I'm in a job where using non-Java languages will be a difficult sell. The earlier the release the better for me.
I've seen classpath hell exactly once, actually in a current project, and plan to deal with it in a different way - attempting to find/create a combination of libraries that don't have version conflicts, and where that is not possible, moving tasks out of the same JVM process. The other benefit would be JVM startup time, which is less and less an issue each year as machines get faster and Java doesn't get bigger. I'd like to see the startup time be improved further, but lambdas will affect me more than cutting down startup from 5 seconds to 1. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Hayden Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious to hear people's opinions on how long JDK8 should be delayed for > Jigsaw. > > Assuming (and please state your own assumptions when you offer your > opinion): > > The current release of JDK8 (without Jigsaw) stays scheduled for August 2013 > Oracle does not want to release more than once every two years. (so if JDK8 > is shipped with Jigsaw then JDK9 would arrive the earliest at August 2015) > The ETA on the work to be done is accurate within 20% > > Then, if the work on JDK8 + Jigsaw could be shipped prior to September 2014 > then I would prefer to wait. Otherwise I think that the new DateTime API > and Lambda should be shipped on August 2013. > > Other opinions? > > -- > 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/-/53J8nPwzdIAJ. > 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.
