JSR 292: Supporting Dynamically Typed Languages on the Java Platform - Early Draft Review

by foemmel • 18 years ago

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modoc2• 18 years ago

Strong typing is one of the reasons that I LIKE Java. Especially on large projects it's nice knowing exactly what a variable is, and what data elements and methods are available.

I hope this doesn't lead to people using sloppy typing in Java applications.

jpeterson• 18 years ago

The idea is to add native support for dynamic languages (e.g. Ruby, Python, etc) to the JVM, not to make the Java language itself dynamic.

modoc2• 18 years ago

I know. I just worry that people will gravitate toward using more and more dynamic language code in their applications/platforms/frameworks because it's "easier". And then I'll end up needing to use some library that has a truckload of python code in it, that A) isn't strongly typed, and B) I don't understand.

Hopefully it won't be an issue.

JSR 292: Supporting Dynamically Typed Languages on the Java Platform - Early Draft Review

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