http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:54 -0400 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62100 I guess 90% of COBOL programmers are quite happy too.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:35:22 -0400 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:35:22 -0400 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:35:22 -0400 Mar 29, 2011 Alex Besogonov 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62100 That's our argument that we're making in the book :).  Java is still a great stable langauge to use, but if you really need new language features then there are great options to choose from that interoperate with Java.  Indeed Groovy, Scala...]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:42:19 -0400 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:42:19 -0400 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:42:19 -0400 Mar 29, 2011 Martijn Verburg 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62100 If you want something more on the leading edge shift to Scala, Groovy, Clojure, or some other JVM language.  

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:42:48 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:42:48 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:42:48 -0400 Mar 28, 2011 mjkrumlauf 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62100 ...]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:59:34 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:59:34 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:59:34 -0400 Mar 28, 2011 Jess Holle 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62100 Let's be honest: 90% of Java developers are VERY happy with the long-lived 1.6.x release cycle. Yes, 1.7 will bring a lot of goodness, but the added complexity isn't worth it.

]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:45:16 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:45:16 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:45:16 -0400 Mar 28, 2011 han theman 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62100 One of the most interesting things about the development of Java 7 has been the open...]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:32:12 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:32:12 -0400 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:32:12 -0400 Mar 28, 2011 Martijn Verburg 5