Apache declares war on Oracle over Java

Re:Apache declares war on Oracle over Java by melling on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @09:26PM (#1888897)

We've waited long enough for Java 7. Let's get that one out then look at the options. Fork Java, put the effort behind another language, like Go or Scala, or simply let Oracle run with it.

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Re:Apache declares war on Oracle over Java by pan69 on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @12:02AM (#1889249)

The Java programming language is only part of the story. There is also this thing called the Java Platform, aka the JVM. You can't just simply switch to Scala, your Scala code needs to be executed by something.

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Re:Apache declares war on Oracle over Java by koenigdavidmj on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @12:14AM (#1889276)

Oh, you mean like .NET?

http://www.scala-lang.org/node/168

Yes, I am aware of the problems of this, too. * Not as stable as the Java backend ever was * Any code that used Java libraries explicitly needs to be rewritten * Stallman is going to throw a hissy fit about it being .NET

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Re:Apache declares war on Oracle over Java by lyso on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @03:14AM (#1889605)

This page is often cited, yet referes to Scala 1.4. Can anyone point me to documentation about running Scala 2.8 on .NET? Does it work?

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Re:Apache declares war on Oracle over Java by bad_user on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @01:39AM (#1889433)

    If you use Mono, you're always 'catching up' with MS.NET

Yes, how long do I have to wait for me to use MonoMac, MonoTouch, MonoDroid, GTK# and Mono's SIMD + Continuations support right now.

    Their "We won't sue anyone! Really!" is not 
    legally binding

I generally view developers as being smart people that can do a little research; before saying something really stupid.

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