It really is just another example of extending the compiler into "userspace", much like FindBugs and Lombok. Not only should it provide better error messages, refactoring suggestions and optimizations but it would index also compile much faster - the compiler would be handed an AST that can be assumed already syntactically valid.
/Casper On 10 Sep., 17:16, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The potential to use different keywords, line terminators, and other > > syntax of your choosing and have it be completely isolated to your > > environment. No other developer is affected". > > Microsoft already "pioneered" that, a VBA macro in Danish would use > "Hvis" rather then "If". ;) > > > Youv'e got to write IDE support for this. Building this new language > > requires also building an IDE plugin that understands it". > > And that probably explains why it hasn't been done before, a chicken > and egg problem. It does not feel like a very long time ago Sun had no > interest in IDE's - thankfully that changed with NetBeans. > > > Two developers working on their own machines would see the code > > views they expect. One developer trying to help a second developer on > > his machine would see a view completely unfamiliar to what they expect. > > So change the rendering profile up in View -> Code Style to Allman, > K&R, Tor Norbye or whatever rocks your boat. :) > > /Casper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
