Alternatives to changing the Java syntax
This page documents the results from the whiteboards where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas.
MDA
"Do not add 2 different syntax styles for the same symantic, just use MDA to generate your code"
Comments included:
- "Or build your own code generator"
- "At OOPSLA all major vendors agreed on one thing only: UML and MDA had been a big disappointment so far (OptimalJ, Together, Microsoft, Rational, ...)"
No changes
This idea was to not have any more changes in Java.
"No language changes. Create a new language that has these features. Keep Java simple!
Comments included:
- "What about calling it Java 2!"
- "Java was never simple (primitives vs objects, switch fall-through, static methods, generic ?, ...)"
- "Don't make it harder then!"
- "Compared to these, tuples are easy to understand"
