On Sep 28, 1:30 pm, Gary Poster <gary.pos...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 28, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Sean Corfield wrote: > > Perhaps Java has been different, but the languages I use and follow have not, > with the exception of JavaScript. I perceive it to be a mildly unfortunate > fact of life at this point. > > Gary
Java is backward compatible. You know that by default you can run old legacy code on lastest JVM without problem. This is one of the reason JAVA is so successfull in enterprise world, you can take code from year 2000, run it on latest VM, and the only change is that this code will run dramatically faster. Clojure itself really benefit from java popularity and stability. Imagine if clojure couldn't run JVM7 without a significant effort to update clojure compiler ! This is also a reason why JAVA has difficulties to have latest and greatest features and to inovate... Java fail to really improve. I think that clojure/core team is doing its best to ensure backward compatibility and break it only when there are prevalent reasons to do it. -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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
