Re: Questions for the Java Open Source "Debate" at JavaOne
Diego Pons <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:41:45 -0300
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.java.linux.general |
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| Organization | Geotropos SRL |
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On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 17:20, Glenn Holmer wrote: > I don't think anybody consciously wants to break compatibility, > but I think it would simply be too tempting to add Just One Cool > Feature(tm). That's the way Open Source works: when a programmer > feels an itch, he codes. And that's OK for the kernel, or maybe > XFree86, and for applications. But it's not OK for a programming > language. It didn't seems to hurt C, C++, f77 too much. All the contrary, we have excellent GPL'd compilers on these languages that support both standards and extensions. Think about it, perhaps we would have already JVM's on silicon on the cheap instead of needing these gigaherz machines to run java properly. -- Diego Pons [email protected] GEOTROPOS SRL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]