On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote: > Read The post you're referring to. I never claimed this list was exhaustive, > it was just meant as an example of the kinds of features that I expect the > real java.next must have in order to gain enough appeal.
Right, and I'm claiming that the "next java" will have amusingly few of the features you are calling out in your list. Not that they will just be a subset. And don't think I'm trying to downplay the features you listed. I think that it is a good list. (I happen to side with Kevin in thinking scala does a better job at them than you concede, but I agree that it is debatable.) I just think market is more important than any technical merits that many of us care about. I guess my list would be this: The "next Java will be whichever JVM language is used by a killer app backed by some heavy names." Currently, it looks like the best bet for this is whatever you would call the Android programming language. Failing that, I'm not sure I see a "next java" ever happening, honestly. -- 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.
