> Jython - A second opportunity to pull a whole platform into the JVM > world, and a very receptive Python community that doesn't hate anything > with a J in it > The same can be said of JRuby, especially with the prospect of JRuby on Rails. From a marketing stand point, this a great way to chose languages, as long as we remember to take into account the likeliness of adoption. Take perl for example, it has a higher market share than Python, but a fantastic collection of easily accessible libraries and a devoted albeit stubbern following... and being a member of that community for quite some time, I remember allot of J hate going on...
If there is ever a JVM implementation of C#, let's not walk to it, but run. And then turn around and run in the opposite direction as we dodge the bombardment of Microsoft lawyers that will rain down on us. On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For my CommunityOne talk...how about everyone posts five "interesting" > JVM language projects. This can certainly include languages that aren't > under active development right now or that don't have a large following. > I just want to gather a list of languages that "we implementers" and JVM > language enthusiasts think the world should know about (and which are > good examples of the work we're doing on VM). > > These do not represent languages you think are the "best" or "most > important" or anything like that, so be honest. It's just going to be > added to a flat list, probably in alphabetical order. > > Here's my top five "interesting" language projects: > > JRuby - pushing the bounds of class generation and dynamic invocation > perf, as well as pulling a whole other platform into the JVM ecosystem > > Groovy - providing almost all Java language features and two-way > integration in addition to many (most?) dynamic language features found > in languages like Ruby. > > Jython - A second opportunity to pull a whole platform into the JVM > world, and a very receptive Python community that doesn't hate anything > with a J in it > > Scala - Not obvious? Solid integration with Java and object/functional > goodness. > > Duby - Ok, I'm biased, but if I ever get time to work on it Duby could > marry Ruby syntax with a full complement of Java features and local type > inference. Exactly what I've been looking for. > > - Charlie > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" 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/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
