On 8 June 2017 at 13:34, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 13:18 +0200, Dinko Srkoč wrote: >> On 8 June 2017 at 13:09, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote: >> > On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 14:38 +0000, Søren Berg Glasius wrote: >> > > I think it makes perfect sense that you can do the same >> > > calculations >> > > with >> > > java.time.* as you can with java.util.Date >> > > >> > >> > Shouldn't it be fair to assume that all new code eschews >> > java.util.Date >> > and all the Calendar stuff, and uses java.time for everything time >> > and >> > date related? >> >> I think this falls into a category of "hope" or "wish", rather than >> "assumption" :-) > > True, but I was hoping that unlike a large percentage of Java > developers who are hugely reluctant to learn anything new they do not > already know (*), Groovy developers were very much into using the best > new idiomatic ways of doing things (well except for stuff that is just > fashionably trendy for a few days) and keeping their codebases up to > date with up-to-date Groovy. > > Please do not shatter my illusions.
haha! Okay, I could convince myself that it is indeed so with Groovy developers. :-) > > > > (*) And are thus part of the legacy problem. > > -- > Russel. > ============================================================================= > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
