December 21, 2006
Closures for Java
I just read through this article on Artima.
It really comes down to keeping Java simple for the stupid masses, doesn’t it? There’s no intelligent argument against closures. Annonymous classes are more useful? Right.. :) The language is becoming too complex? Let’s instead keep it simple and limited as it is so we all can understand it with our tiny brains.. Right.. :)
I just hope closures make it into Java 7. Hell, why not into Java 6.1?
Anyway, there’s a more serious side to it: Again, the whole approach is compiler-based only. I’m not at all familiar with language design and virtual machine implementations etc. But I wonder: Wouldn’t it make sense to start upgrading the virtual machine? Adding support for advanced language constructs on the VM level?
Well, who gives a f*ck? I’ll get back to playing some more CS. Keepin’ it real.. :)
tfdj
Filed by The.French.DJ at 4:24 pm under Development, Java, Rant
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