Agreed. We'll be supporting Java 1.4 for some time to come still (obviously not using clojure there). However, we do hope to use clojure for many years to come on Java 1.5 -- I suspect our customers won't be moving off of it for a very long time.
That said, there's lots of stuff in 1.6 and 1.7 that will be extraordinarily useful (which we certainly plan on taking advantage of where we can control the runtime environment), so it seems like we should find a way to support peaceful dependency coexistence. - Chas On Apr 9, 2009, at 9:57 PM, Scott Hickey wrote: > I would strongly recommend Java 5 and plan on staying with that > version for a while if you have a goal seeing corporate uptake for > Clojure. > > The Java version debate comes up every few months on the Groovy > lists. The most common argument I've heard was that any company > progressive enough to use a language like Groovy or Clojure would be > using current versions of Java so there is no harm in using the > current version of Java. > > My experience consulting for medium and large companies is that this > is a false assumption. Most companies are years behind the current > Java version but are still open to using new technologies that will > run on their current platforms. The web app servers that get > deployed usually lag way behind Java releases and converting legacy > Java apps to newer versions of Java + app servers is a major project > for many companies. They put it off for as long as possible. It may > not make sense to those of us trying new languages on the JVM but it > is a reality that is out there. > > Scott Hickey > Senior Consultant > Object Partners, Inc. > > > From: Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> > To: Clojure <clojure@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:31:19 PM > Subject: Re: Java 6 dependency in clojure-contrib ok? > > > > > On Apr 8, 7:52 pm, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Perry's proposed props functions > > (http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/c8ec751b8 > ... > > ) uses some Java 6 methods. > > > > Is it ok for me to add such things to contrib, or are we maintaining > > Java 5 compatibility? > > I'd prefer we maintain Java 5 for now. > > Rich > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
