Comments on: The future of HTML, XML, and Java look similar http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dushyanth Inguva http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar/comment-page-1#comment-38461 Dushyanth Inguva Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:29:20 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar#comment-38461 I am entirely in the platform camp. (As also mentioned in my blog) Stretching Java to add more features will only result in people waiving their backward compatibility flags and we ending up with half baked features. I'd rather see more languages on the Java platform. If some features of the platform cannot be accessed directly by Java that is fine. But, we won't be as constrained to extend the platform for other languages. And, whats with "thy shalt always code in java and kiss java's ass" mentality going on with people. We all like Java and it is good for certain uses. But, you certainly don't have to code every goddamn thing in Java. Use the right tool for the job. I am entirely in the platform camp. (As also mentioned in my blog) Stretching Java to add more features will only result in people waiving their backward compatibility flags and we ending up with half baked features.

I’d rather see more languages on the Java platform. If some features of the platform cannot be accessed directly by Java that is fine. But, we won’t be as constrained to extend the platform for other languages. And, whats with “thy shalt always code in java and kiss java’s ass” mentality going on with people. We all like Java and it is good for certain uses. But, you certainly don’t have to code every goddamn thing in Java. Use the right tool for the job.

]]> By: djo.mos http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar/comment-page-1#comment-38460 djo.mos Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar#comment-38460 Hi, I'm on the platform side ... Java is getting more and more over-bloated with new features, and event with all the proposals being included in Java 7, it will still remain far far behind the slick language that Scala is ... Hi,
I’m on the platform side … Java is getting more and more over-bloated with new features, and event with all the proposals being included in Java 7, it will still remain far far behind the slick language that Scala is …

]]> By: Michael http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar/comment-page-1#comment-38459 Michael Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:03 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/the-future-of-html-xml-and-java-look-similar#comment-38459 I'm in the language group. I really like Scala, but I work with a couple of thousand Java developers. It is unrealistic for them to all learn Scala or Groovy. However, they were all able to pick-up generics and annotations, and I think they could handle BGGA closures. So even though I might enjoy just switching over to Scala, I'd rather see the Java language improved so it can benefit more folks. I’m in the language group. I really like Scala, but I work with a couple of thousand Java developers. It is unrealistic for them to all learn Scala or Groovy. However, they were all able to pick-up generics and annotations, and I think they could handle BGGA closures. So even though I might enjoy just switching over to Scala, I’d rather see the Java language improved so it can benefit more folks.

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