So the idea is that Java is very powerful language (threads, RMI, excellent libraries), but it has some old (C-like) syntax. Let us define a new Pythonish syntax for Java which could challenge C# / Python / Ruby / VB-Script ;-).
for example:
if p > 1 :
do-something
and-something-more
else (p <= 1):
do-something else
<=>
if (p > 1) {
do-something;
and-something-more;
},
else {
assert (p <= 1);
do-something-else;
},
Or just use JavaPython
Or LetItBe already. ItsNotTimeToDumpCeeSyntax.
Soon I'll have time to present some more detailed approach, but:
1. Python syntax also have some problems and language-depenencies.
2. Jython is much slower.
3. Writing Python with Java classes ignores uniformity and elegancy which are most important. There is a collision between Java style and thinking vs. Python's.
4. Java has a good uniform thinking. The cross-cutting concerns of the language are well built.
Java is a good language and only a candidate. Let's develop a very clean syntax, improve/optimize it, and only then wave it onto a language. Syntax for syntax that is best at clearity and elegancy. There some theoretically possible implementations like: JSE at http://www.ai.mit.edu/~jrb/jse/index.htm
Please do not expect c/c++ programmers to learn things from the unix world because it's so bloody cryptic. When I see Perl and PHP I SHUDDER!
It's time we start writing code and API's that are readable and understandable!! Here is your lollypop
"Please do not expect c/c++ programmers to learn things from the unix world".
Best quote ever! Word.
"When I see Perl and PHP I SHUDDER!"
Happens to me everytime I see a -> token. My US$0.02 -- DavidVallner