I presume “unasigned” is a misspelling of unsigned not unassigned.meenakshi sundar wrote:. . . With features like functional programming and Optionals,Nashorn,unasigned Integer Arithmetic,Repeating annotations,New Date and Time API . . .
meenakshi sundar wrote:Advancements in language features happens for a variety of reasons ,to cater to the complex enterprise dynamics, to improve developer productivity ,to maintain the java Eco system in general
As far as platform improvement goes,what in your opinion especially after the slow phase of improvement between Java6 and Java8 is a ground breaking advancements between Java5 and Java8?
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If you have suffered from that affliction the Calendar class, you will be only too pleased to see the back of it
diamond operator with v7. And java.nio.
meenakshi sundar wrote:Mixin is another good feature that has been introduced with 8
But the apprehension is , it can be misused ,since with Mixin the subtle characteristic difference between an Abstract Class and Interface can be misunderstood and misused.
What is your take on that?
Cay Horstmann wrote:I think it is a good idea to spend some time learning basic Scala.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:However, if it's so good, it does make me wonder why it still has such a tiny market share (not even in the top 20, according to TIOBE).
Quote partially could explain that, having in mind courses perspective.TIOBE Index wrote:The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors.
It is important to note that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written.
Stephan van Hulst wrote:Probably for the same reason that PHP has such a big market share. People don't want elegant languages that come with a learning curve. They want things they think they understand.
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Liutauras Vilda wrote:Quote partially could explain that, having in mind courses perspective.
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Of course in those days Universities didn't teach computing or computer sciences, which were at best a subtype of Maths or something like that.Winston Gutkowski wrote:. . . I "grew up" in an age when becoming a programmer didn't require a university degree . . .
Campbell Ritchie wrote:Of course in those days Universities didn't teach computing or computer sciences, which were at best a subtype of Maths or something like that.
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