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java.net@JavaONE: Which Programming Language J. Gosling would use now, except Java?
During a meeting in the Community Corner (java.net booth) with James Gosling, a participant asked an interesting question: "Which Programming Language would you use *now* on top of JVM, except Java?". The answer was surprisingly fast and very clear: - Scala.
Btw. I will give tomorrow two talks in the community corner one about GreenFire (heating system on Glassfish / Java EE 5 - which saves energy), the another one about underworld (Java EE 5 / Glassfish backend for virtual reality). So see you if you like!
Posted at 02:36AM May 08, 2008 by Adam Bien in JavaONE 2008 | Comments[1] | Views/Hits: 6777
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That should not be a surprise. He has always been a proponent of strong typing, and Scala is the only one in the current crop of languages that provides it.
Posted by bill robertson on May 09, 2008 at 09:53 PM CEST #