I think Java would have been a better language with closures, but I am
intrigued that you raise them here. Do you think closures present
security benefits? Or is this a veiled reference to Ajax? I guess
JavaScript has closures.
kr,
Yo
Gary McGraw wrote:
Ok...it was java one. But it seemed like ajax one on the show floor. I
participated in a panel yesterday with superstar bill joy. I had a chance to
talk to bill for a while after the gig and asked him why java did not have
closure. Bill said he was on a committee of five, and got out-voted 2 to 3 on
that one (and some other stuff too). You know the other pro vote had to be guy
steele. Most interesting. Tyranny of the majority even in java.
Btw, bill also said they tried twice to build an OS on java and failed both
times. We both agree that a type safe OS will happen one day.
Here's a blog entry from john waters that describes the panel from his point of
view.
http://www.adtmag.com/blogs/blog.aspx?a=18564
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