A quick thought I want to add .. can we extend this discussion for, 1. What ASF project should have been done in other language apart from JAVA ? and Why ? 2. In the current time JAVA is massive but what feature is lacking in java which gives other language a chance to this sport event ?
PS. I do not see any language matters when we are solving a problem. Language is just a medium and all the languages are the more or less in the same plane in this case. But a lot of attendees to ASF are quite comfortable in JAVA could be another reason. Could not be ? Best Regards, Sagir On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: > I think it is a combination of several factors; > > * Historical - The first non-httpd project in Apache was Java, followed > by a handful of others. > > * Java is one of the big languages. > > * Some projects are spin-offs from other ASF projects > > * External Java projects knows Apache Java projects very well, through > Ant, Maven, Commons, Tomcat and many other they use. So if they seek a new > home, ASF is one of the obvious choices. For C/C++, C#, Ruby and Python, > this is not necessarily the case. There is often no natural tie between a > random solo project in these languages and ASF. > > * The above is creating a reinforcement feedback loop, giving the > impression that ASF is all about Java and perhaps overlooked for other > platforms when seeking a new home. > > > Hope that helps. > Niclas > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Spaghetti Roulette < > spaghettiroule...@mail.com> wrote: > > > Why do Apache projects use Java so extensively? It looks to me that a lot > > of projects, if not most of them, are written in Java, and I can't get my > > head around this fact. Is there any reason, perhaps technical, or is it > > just coincidence? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://polygene.apache.org <http://zest.apache.org> - New Energy for Java >
