Re: Status of project and adding 1.5 generics

when i first started playing with beanshell i asked a similar set of
questions as the ones expressed in this thread. the response wasn't
quick, but eventually a number of people got back to me, including pat
(the creator). and the answer was not that beanshell was dead, but
that it just works. yeah, there's not much active development, and
there are certainly features that people want added. but at the same
time, it's simple, and it's widely used, and it gets the job done.

so not dead, but for practical purposes, done. if it does what you
want it to right now, then use it. but if you want some new feature,
you'll probably need to do it yourself. i haven't done anything
production with it, but have used it in a few programs (including as a
front end for a high performance matrix library) and it's been great.
prototype in beanshell, paste to java.

it's so easy to move code to pure java (and back if needed) that
there's almost no risk - if beanshell ends up not being good enough
for you, you haven't lost much - just switch back to pure java.
compare that to groovy where there's significant lock-in (and a much
larger / more intimidating code base) and beanshell seems like a safe
bet to me :)

when i first started with java i looked at jdee, but it didn't give me
what i needed. i'd forgotten about it - nice to see that it's still
under development - i'll have to take another look.

seth

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Paul Landes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I talked to the president of a health care software company that says
> he has it baked into one of their products.  When I told him it
> appears to be not be maintained he seemed concerned.
>
> There appears still be a critical mass of developer and users so I'm
> sure there would be many that would appreciate your efforts.
>

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