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November 07, 2006
Tim Bray on dynamic languages
Tim is now talking about dynamic languages and the impact on Java. Here are some quotes:
"Often, people will look at PHP and Rails and say 'that's a toy' - but it isn't. Those things will change the world."
"They have lessons we need to learn."
"Ruby is the easiest to read language"
"So, is Java dead? No it isn't!"
Here are 2 slides from his presentation:
Where the Java Platform Wins
- Excellent performance
- Excellent concurrency
- Excellent deployment Tools
- Excellent documentation
- Excellent security
- Best libraries
- Biggest community
Where the Java Language Wins
- Excellent IDEs
- Static typing buys performance
- Type-Safety
More quotes:
"Dynamic typing is becoming more and more interesting"
"The Java Platform tomorrow: Java JVM, Java APIs + languages like Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript"
"Rails running on Java platform via JRuby probably by the end of the year."
Posted by Matthew at November 7, 2006 10:04 AM