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!

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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 11:53 PM CEST #

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