A language based on: - Convension over configuration - DSL friendlyness (to a certain degree) - A hybrid type system (dynamic when you need, static when you can) - Runtime interoperability - Less is more
For those reasons, I find Fan extremely interesting. /Casper On 29 Jun., 18:27, Viktor Klang <viktor.kl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Ruben Reusser <rube...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi there, > > > I always felt the compelling reason to switch from C/C++ to java was that > > there was a good set of libraries that came with java making my life easier > > to develop web application and break from the cgi scripts - Java had a good > > looking socket library that was easy to understand, nice file handling and > > an ok looking GUI library for little inhouse tools (compared to having to > > understand MFC and the windows UI programming model). Java was easier than > > C/C++ and it felt like developers would not have to be so smart to actually > > write good code - so overall it seemed to make good business sense to bet > > your next app on Java instead of C/C++. > > > If one wants to replace java today, what do you think it would take? Is it > > going to be enough to just have a nicer, easier language? Would one need a > > set of API's with the language that solve some big problems we have today > > (and what problem is there to solve)? Is it necessary to provide a good IDE > > for the language right from the start? > > > Would love to hear your comments. > > My personal belief: > > A language that is expressive enough to write code that makes advanced > functionality easy to abstract into a nice, clean syntax for business > developers. > So as a library consumer I can focus on getting my business rules correct > and as a library producer I can create complex solutions that are easy for > the consumer to consume. > > For me, this means: > 1) Reducing line noise/boiler plate code > 2) Strongly typed > 3) Statically typed > 4) Good tooling (IDE support et al) > 5) A rich, open-source, library ecosystem > > > > > Ruben > > -- > Viktor Klang > Scala Loudmouth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
