On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 12:59 -0700, Bryan Sant wrote: > Java 6 has been released. woot. > > http://java.sun.com/javase/6/ > > The highlights are: > > Built-in web services. You just add an annotation to a method and it > becomes a SOAP-based web service. Yes, this is a direct rip-off from > .NET. > > Scripting/dynamic language support. The stock JDK comes with > JavaScript, but you can download Jython, JRuby, Groovy, BeanShell, > Sleep (perl-ish), BSF, Tcl/Java, JBasic, JScheme and many others. > These implementations existed before, but now Java has a standard API > for using scripting languages, so you'll see Tomcat, JBoss, and other > servers supporting scripting in a generic way so you can choose what > language you want to use.
Sadly, Jython seems to have stalled. Do you know if the Jython people plan to upgrade it to python 2.5? Michael > The JDK has a built-in pure-java database. I'm not sure if it is ACID > complaint, but I think it is. It is based on Apache Derby (which used > to be IBM Cloudscape). Note, the JRE doesn't have this bloat. > > Improved Java2D and Swing performance. Java2D (and thus Swing) is now > accelerated on your graphics card hardware. Put your GPU to work :-). > > -Bryan > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
