Java doesn't have a nice module system but most people use IoC containers for the same thing.
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:16 PM, J. Ian Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > The abstractions and protections an API can provide are entirely fueled by > the language its implementation (and its consumers) is written in, however. > Is this not the case? > -Ian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Rettke" <[email protected]> > To: "racket" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:42:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [racket] The value of a language > > Hi, > > Hope this is on topic, if it is not a substantive contribution I apologize. > > I just want to share a conversation from work. Bunch of experienced > developers who are all very thoughtful reached the conclusion that the > most important thing in a language choice is the APIs that come with > it. Basically talking through it, that is the thing that speeds up > work, and people can basically "think in any language they like" and > then "mentally compile it down" to whatever is the implementation > language. I generally agree in a corporate environment because you do > want save your customers time and therefore money and I have never > tried a non-mainstream language there such that I had real evidence > there is a more productive way to do things. > > This was the same day that I finally read about syntax/parse and was > thinking about how much nicer it would be to use that than the > plumbing work I had to do to get nice error reporting, so perhaps I > was more struck with their observation. It was just funny to hear > everybody keep saying "the language doesn't matter" because it is so > different than how I think, and how I think other lispers think, and > even PLT people in general. > > I thought this was a funny coincidence because I wanted to talk about > how great syntax/parse, and well I did talk to my one buddy about it > :). > > Best wishes, > > Grant > > -- > http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ > ACM, AMA, COG, IEEE > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users -- http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ ACM, AMA, COG, IEEE ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
