I agree with Ravi and Bryce...we have other fish to fry (threads to answer) and Java is a programming language reference which doesn't imply every library under the sun (pun intended).
On Dec 1, 4:19 am, bryce cottam <bcot...@gmail.com> wrote: > the GAE isn't cross-compiling, javac is doing the compiling (the real > java compiler), so it's kind of a moot argument. The point is, the > system runs java, not g-java, not pseudo-java, it's java. It just > doesn't have all the libraries you want. That's all. It's written in > the Java programming language (or Scala, or Groovy JRuby or anything > else that runs on the JVM) and runs on a JVM... it's Java. > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Bobby <bobbysoa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Suppose someone writes an app in C and wishes to cross compile to > > Java. In that scenario, if some C class is unsupported by the cross- > > compiler, then does the C app stop being a C app? No. > > > Bobby > > > On Dec 1, 4:10 am, Bobby <bobbysoa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe for terminology's sake it would make sense to detach the GAE > >> from any language associations and just indicate that there are cross- > >> compilers from Java/Python to GAE. Then there would be no question on > >> whether it's "technically Java" - one does write in Java, it's just > >> that the cross-compiler has its own requirements and limitations. Is > >> that any better? :) > > >> Bobby > > >> On Nov 30, 2:58 pm, Nicolas Melendez <nmelen...@getsense.com.ar> > >> wrote: > > >> > if we are going to collaborate each other, we need the right names > >> > because > >> > communication is critical. > > >> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Jess Evans <laphroai...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > There are innovators who "attempt" to advance the field and be the > >> > > first. > >> > > They appeal to the desperate and the early adopters with nothing to > >> > > loose > >> > > and much to gain. > > >> > > There are guardians with deep experience who strive to ensure > >> > > reliability > >> > > and predictability. They appeal to those upon whom many are dependent; > >> > > those with everything to lose and little to gain. > > >> > > Both camps are invaluable. > > >> > > Incorrectly categorizing a technology, or failing to understand who > >> > > you're > >> > > employed to represent, are personal problems. > > >> > > On Nov 30, 2009 12:22 PM, "Jeff Schnitzer" <j...@infohazard.org> wrote: > > >> > > I, for one, am sick and tired of Sun's domineering, suffocating > >> > > stranglehold on what is and isn't Java. GAE is a breath of fresh air. > > >> > > JavaME and JavaEE also impose a variety of limitations on Java. > >> > > What's the difference between those and GAE? The difference is that > >> > > Sun got a committee of big company representatives with their own > >> > > vested interests in a closed room and argued about how "the official > >> > > specs" should work for years... and ultimately produced a bunch of > >> > > crap that is barely useful to anyone. Just *try* out Websphere > >> > > sometime, I dare you. > > >> > > For the first time ever, someone has produced a shared application > >> > > service model for Java that's even easier than PHP. This could never > >> > > have come out of the JCP. > > >> > > If this is "destroying java", then GOOD RIDDANCE! > > >> > > Jeff > > >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > > Groups "Google App Engine fo... > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > > Groups > >> > > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > >> > > To post to this group, send email to > >> > > google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine-java%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >> > > . > >> > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
