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Why are we going?
Posted by johnreynolds on January 11, 2007 at 09:14 AM | Comments (4)
Fabrizio Giudci's recent blog, Where are we going?, prompts me to ask: Why are we going?
Fabrizio is worried about where Java 7 is going and about the topics that the community perceives as the most important. I share many of his concerns about where the language is going, but I am also wondering why the Java language is changing at all?
Are problems with Java itself prompting change?
Are external factors prompting changes to Java?
Is Java changing just to change?
I sincerly hope that the last possibility is not a big factor.
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I bet they will call us "conservative bears" ;-)
Posted by: fabriziogiudici on January 11, 2007 at 03:44 PM
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The reason for Java's change was very clearly explained by David Bowie some years ago:
The people from good homes are talking this year. Oooh bop. Fashion.
(Closures) Turn to the left!
(Property keyword) Turn to the right!
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We are the programming language academics and we're coming to town.
Beep Beep!
Posted by: grlea on January 11, 2007 at 05:40 PM
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heh, it's good to see a blog from you again! the Java 7 buzz is so crazy that we've started to come up with new words like introvertantly vs. extrovertantly refactoring code.
Posted by: jhook on January 11, 2007 at 08:30 PM
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Is it maybe cos competition from C#, Ruby et al, that people wanna introduce similar language goodies to Java that the Jones' got?
Posted by: evanx on January 12, 2007 at 04:19 AM
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