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Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative?

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Date	2013-11-25 05:20 -0800
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Subject	Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative?
From	Saxo <jeti789@web.de>

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Am Montag, 25. November 2013 12:46:18 UTC+1 schrieb Silvio:

> The lack of expressiveness in Java the language has given birth to 
> 
> horrible frameworks that take annotations to the extreme, creating their 
> 
> own little (or not so little) languages on top of the core language, 
> 
> something I foresaw when annotations where introduced making me an 
> 
> immediate opponent of the feature.

Yes, and byte code manipulation and I don't know what.
 
> old (Java8 changes close to nothing about this feeling, BTW).

Yeah, lambdas in JDK8 are a big improvement, but I think that was it then. JDK8 was delayed as they had problems with binary compatibility with lambdas and defender methods. I think because problems with binary compatibility getting larger and larger from JDK8 on Java will be on maintenance and no big new language features can be expected. Defender methods are already some sort of minimal traits where it looks like they were buckling under problems with getting real traits in. The masses will probably just stick to JDK8, but for others it is clear that they need another language. Maybe the Ceylon and Kotlin guys started their effort as they saw this comming ...

So, yes, getting into Scala to get a better job looks like a good strategy.

Thanks for your reply, Saxo

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Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 03:09 -0800
  Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-25 12:46 +0100
    Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 05:20 -0800
    Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-25 22:10 +0100
      Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 14:34 -0800
      Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-26 08:54 +0100
        Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-26 00:29 -0800
          Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-26 15:29 +0100
            Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:55 -0500
              Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-27 08:59 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-11-27 10:41 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-28 12:48 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? leif.roar@invalid.com (Leif Roar Moldskred) - 2013-11-28 16:28 -0600
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-29 00:03 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-29 00:41 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-29 12:05 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-29 03:51 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-29 16:44 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-29 16:48 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-12-02 06:33 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-12-02 15:50 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-12-02 16:26 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-12-02 21:07 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-12-02 23:33 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-12-02 18:07 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-12-03 08:59 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-12-03 00:14 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-12-03 09:42 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-12-03 02:58 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-12-03 20:55 +0000
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-12-04 00:12 -0800
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-12-14 03:31 -0400
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-12-14 10:11 +0000
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-12-14 17:39 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2013-12-14 16:52 +0000
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-12-14 13:47 -0400
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-12-14 23:55 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2013-12-04 10:39 +0100
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-12-14 03:56 -0400
  Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2013-11-26 21:28 +0000
    Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-26 23:29 +0100
      Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2013-11-27 05:13 +0000
        Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-27 22:57 +0100
          Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2013-11-29 23:22 +0000
            Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-30 14:41 +0100
            Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-11-30 16:49 -0600
        Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-11-27 23:07 -0600
          Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-28 23:41 +0000
            Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-11-29 00:08 -0600
              Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-29 16:49 +0000
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2013-11-30 16:46 -0600
                Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-02-14 15:36 +0000
          Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2013-11-29 23:37 +0000
  Re: Alternatives languages on the JVM: which one or is there no alternative? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-11-28 12:50 -0800

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