hi there,
now I know you guys like languages a lot and are constantly debating if
there is a replacement language for java. The whole discussion has been
bugging me for a while and I always thought it would be necessary for a new
language to bring something to the table that java does offer but
what makes it sound like a 4gl language? how about if for example method
calls can be restfull or directly linked with the language being able to
expose the call to the outside world and the concept of security built in to
the language to begin with (say these requests are only allowed from within
A 4GL is any language that's specialised for a particular function, and
abstracts around tasks necessary to perform that function.
By focussing on REST, you're specialising for web services. This isn't a
language that would be used for a washing machine controller, or for
managing a nuclear
looks like I was not clear enough in that case - the language should be
broad, not focusing just on rest. The goal would really be to build a
language that promotes writing application building blocks and tying them
together - weather it's a desktop application or a web application. The idea
is
Not that what you suggest does not make sense, but JAX-RS does provide
amazing Rest support. I can imagine a custom made language being a little
easier to use than Java + JAX-RS but not that much better.
Perhaps the question really is: what should be the most important trait to
add to a new
I'm aware that there is great frameworks around in java to help you do good
rest application. Back in the C/C++ time we also had good frameworks to deal
with sockets, etc. Still, when thinking back for me at least java was a
welcome relieve that such a fundamental function in the new world was
