I've read the book "Beautiful Code" by Andy Oram and Greg Wilson that was referenced on the blog. Personally, I didn't find any of the examples listed particularly beautiful, but they were interesting if you like that sort of thing. Beauty in code, as in everything is in the eye of the beholder.
Larry On Jan 31, 2008 4:11 PM, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is an interesting blog post about Java 7: > > http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/2007/09/will_java_7_be_beautiful.php > > It mentions a proposal to add something called "closures" to Java. I'm > still trying to figure out how to use Generics. :] This makes me > wonder if the Java programming language will reach a point where it > becomes to complex. What happens when you need 4 years of university > education to learn the language? > > Will a simplified version or subset of Java emerge, or will people > start to migrate to a new language? > > Can a simplified subset of Java even exist, since programming > libraries written in Java will start to adopt the new features added > to the language. > > Does this worry anyone else? > > I'm curious about what you guys think. > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > -- http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
