+1 from me, but I'd be keen to hear Joe's thoughts? Cheers, Paul.
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Dinko Srkoč <dinko.sr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8 June 2017 at 13:34, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote: > > On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 13:18 +0200, Dinko Srkoč wrote: > >> On 8 June 2017 at 13:09, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote: > >> > On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 14:38 +0000, Søren Berg Glasius wrote: > >> > > I think it makes perfect sense that you can do the same > >> > > calculations > >> > > with > >> > > java.time.* as you can with java.util.Date > >> > > > >> > > >> > Shouldn't it be fair to assume that all new code eschews > >> > java.util.Date > >> > and all the Calendar stuff, and uses java.time for everything time > >> > and > >> > date related? > >> > >> I think this falls into a category of "hope" or "wish", rather than > >> "assumption" :-) > > > > True, but I was hoping that unlike a large percentage of Java > > developers who are hugely reluctant to learn anything new they do not > > already know (*), Groovy developers were very much into using the best > > new idiomatic ways of doing things (well except for stuff that is just > > fashionably trendy for a few days) and keeping their codebases up to > > date with up-to-date Groovy. > > > > Please do not shatter my illusions. > > haha! > > Okay, I could convince myself that it is indeed so with Groovy developers. > :-) > > > > > > > > > (*) And are thus part of the legacy problem. > > > > -- > > Russel. > > ============================================================ > ================= > > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: > sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net > > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk > > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder >
