Re: [Beanshell-dev] Some thoughts on future directions for BeanShell

Hi Slava,

> Is JDK 1.1 compatibility still important? I think it could simplify
> the code a little to not have to maintain it.

I think its time to stop supporting 1.1.  1.2 was released in 1998!  1.3 was
released in early 2000 (I don't recall the month.)  The use of collections
will improve performance and make the code much nicer.  I favor setting 1.3
as the base.  People that need 1.1 or 1.2 support can always use older
versions of BeanShell.

> - I don't want BeanShell to become too big or complex; I'd prefer it to
> stick to Java syntax and sematics as closely as possible.

I certainly agree it shouldn't become "big or complex".  As you know, I
favor adding a few scripty features (still very readable to Java
programmers) which can be turned off in strict Java mode, but if I am in the
minority I might provide these in a branch.

Cheers,
Dan

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From: "Slava Pestov" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [Beanshell-dev] Some thoughts on future directions for BeanShell


> Hi everybody,
>
> I have some thoughts I wanted to share, and get feedback on.
>
> - I'll mostly be contributing bug fixes and performance enhancements.
>
> - Is JDK 1.1 compatibility still important? I think it could simplify
> the code a little to not have to maintain it.
>
> - I don't want BeanShell to become too big or complex; I'd prefer it to
> stick to Java syntax and sematics as closely as possible.
>
> - I'd like to merge a few changes from the jEdit BeanShell; I'll post
> patches tomorrow for review.
>
> -- 
> Slava Pestov
>
>
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