Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Thursday 24 April 2008 19:47, Jim White wrote: >> Randall R Schulz wrote: >>> On Thursday 24 April 2008 17:08, Jim White wrote: >>>> Charles Oliver Nutter wrote: >>>>> For my CommunityOne talk...how about everyone posts five >>>>> "interesting" JVM language projects... >>>> Groovy >>>> Kawa >>>> ANTLR >>>> Scala >>> ... >>> And ANTLR? I use it, but it hardly represents either a JVM-specific >>> language or, really, a programming language at all, in any >>> conventional sense. >> It is a classic programming language as soon as you do anything other >> than specify a simple recognizer. > > Sorry, but is is in no way and by no definition a "classic programming > language" of any sort. > > >> ... And not being JVM-specific >> (although that is it's "native" platform) hardly seems like a bad >> thing... > > It wasn't a value judgment, but a reaction to the fact that it was > listed in response to a request for JVM-specific languages. While the > ANTLR processor itself runs in the JVM, it is agnostic as to the > language of the code it generates.
It wasn't a request for JVM-specific languages...just JVM languages. In other words, F# might be great, Boo may be awesome, but they're not really on-topic for my talk. But Python, Ruby...perfect example cases. - Charlie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" group. To post to this group, send email to jvm-languages@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
