Re: The Closure Controversy

Jon Harrop <usenet@jdh30.plus.com> writes:


  Java now is the most successful language/platform
  (6 million developers, 3.3 billion Java devices)
  in the history of computing.

  Language implementations with what you ask for (tail call
  optimization, type inference, ...) already exist.
  So everyone is already free to replace Java by such
  an implementation right now.

  Many Poeple just have chosen not to use such ?better?
  languages and to use Java instead.

  So your problem might not be technical but social.
  Technically, the ?better language? already is there.
  Socially, people choose not to use it often.

  If you are sure you know a language that is so much
  ?better? than Java, and you use it for your own projects,
  than you have a strong advantage over all the companies
  using Java.

  Wouldn't it be a good idea, then, just to use this advantage
  to create great products with less effort? Since it gives
  you such an edge, why do you want to help your competition
  by convincing them to use it too? Actually, you should
  keep it secret as long as possible.

  If you really want to convince them, the outstanding success
  of your projects with this ?better language? should be more
  convincing than words and praise could ever be.