RE: language extensions? future direction?

 

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> From: beanshell-developers-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org 
> [mailto:beanshell-developers-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org] On 
> Behalf Of Shankar Unni
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 2:12 PM
> To: beanshell-developers-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> Subject: RE: [Beanshell-dev] language extensions? future direction?
> 
> >  1. "blocks" like in Ruby or Smalltalk: 
> >  2. "mixins" 
> >  4. "macros" 
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> May I make a contrary plea? 
> 
> One of the advantages of BeanShell is that it has maintained 
> its closeness
> to "real Java syntax" all this time. 
> 
> If you want is primarily an exotic scripting language with bells and
> whistles, "groovy" fits the bill quite nicely - it has all 
> these and more.
> Since compatibility with Java syntax and semantics is no 
> longer a primary
> concern, "groovy" could be your answer.
> 
> BeanShell's big virtue is that you can keep the code in 
> near-pure Java, and
> move code back and forth between "compiled" java and 
> "scripted" java freely.

Let me add my vote to this side of the issue. I looked closely
at groovy and ended up using beanshell for my project specifically
because it was "java compatible" (mostly). I was very disappointed
that groovy didn't make it a requirement to be "java plus". They
are not and have no commitment to be Java compatible. I think its 
a mistake but lets not break the only real alternative - beanshell.

Steve Buroff

> 
> 
> In any case, if you really want to do all this in *BeanShell* 
> specifically,
> you're welcome to try. Just make sure that ordinary Java syntax is not
> crippled in any way. 
> 
> The other big problem, of course, is that there isn't an established
> protocol yet for large-scale feature additions to BeanShell 
> by anyone other
> than the original Author..
> 
> 
> 
> 
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