Java > Scala

[Russel Winder]

On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 02:19 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:
[...]
> It matters if you are trying to implement a language that needs those features, 
> but must run on the JVM. That is what I meant by a "rock" a language that 
> targets the JVM must carry.

Indeed.  Jython and JRuby have suffered and impedance mismatch of types
which leads to lots of problems.  However Charlie Nutter, Ola Bini, et
al. did a great job with JRuby so that it is faster than Ruby -- which
is a C code system!

> Which ones do you want to help with?

What can be treated as a loss leader to gain an income stream?  Writing
a few emails here and there to try and be constructive in the evolution
of D is one thing, to actually do something for the codebase or somesuch
needs time and effort.  I have to focus on what brings in consultancy,
analysis, training or expert witness gigs.  This all seems to be in the
Java, Python, C++ and C arena just now.  It therefore makes sense to be
active in FOSS projects there.

If we can see somewhere where D can gain real traction and become a
serious player, and where there is an opportunity for some income, I am
entirely happy to chip in my own time -- as I have with Python, PyPy,
Groovy, Gant, GPars, Gradle.

-- 
Russel.
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