Someone here at work suggested that Oracle may want to only support one language. And that Java would be dropped in preference for PL/ SQL.
On Apr 21, 8:39 am, Josh Juneau <[email protected]> wrote: > There are many advantages of running on the JVM. Remember, we are not > just talking about Java here, but rather all languages that run on the > JVM. There are also thousands of great Java libraries already > available. Thus, also a great reason to run languages such as Python > on the JVM. Lots of great technology lives in the Java world. > > Josh Juneau > DBA-Application Developer > > On Apr 20, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Pete F > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Like Ferris Bueller said: "You're still here? It's over. Go home. > > Go.." > > > I guess if you do "enterprisey" stuff, then it is business as usual. > > > But enterprisey means ever increasing complexity, and backward > > compatibility forever -and thus the death of any language. > > > So if you want to work at internet speed -then you might well see > > this as the final capture of java by the enterprise and just another > > step in the slow death of java -ashes to ashes. > > > But hey -if you remember Ferris Bueller, then you are of a certain > > age. **You have been working on Java too long** Why do you love the > > platform so much, really?? > > > TIme to move on. Newspeak looks interesting :-) > > > Pete F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
