Comments on: JSR-666: Elaborate Joke or Profound Statement? http://www.tenthline.com/blog/2008/03/31/jsr-666-elaborate-joke-or-profound-statement/ Thoughts on web development and content management Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Enrico http://www.tenthline.com/blog/2008/03/31/jsr-666-elaborate-joke-or-profound-statement/#comment-16 Enrico Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:58:48 +0000 http://www.tenthline.com/blog/2008/03/31/jsr-666-elaborate-joke-or-profound-statement/#comment-16 By "hot new features," I meant features that have very recently become popular even if they're not actually new. Of course, closures have existed since way back but it seems like the blogosphere only recently went crazy about them and around that time there was news of a proposal to add them to Java. Admittedly, it was a mistake to say "hot new features" when "hot features" would have worked just fine and would not have caused a misunderstanding. Even worse, I realize that the wording might even suggest that I think closures came from Ruby! I really need to edit my writing a <em>lot</em> more carefully... But thank you very much for reading! =) By “hot new features,” I meant features that have very recently become popular even if they’re not actually new. Of course, closures have existed since way back but it seems like the blogosphere only recently went crazy about them and around that time there was news of a proposal to add them to Java. Admittedly, it was a mistake to say “hot new features” when “hot features” would have worked just fine and would not have caused a misunderstanding. Even worse, I realize that the wording might even suggest that I think closures came from Ruby! I really need to edit my writing a lot more carefully…

But thank you very much for reading! =)

]]> By: Neal Gafter http://www.tenthline.com/blog/2008/03/31/jsr-666-elaborate-joke-or-profound-statement/#comment-15 Neal Gafter Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:43:35 +0000 http://www.tenthline.com/blog/2008/03/31/jsr-666-elaborate-joke-or-profound-statement/#comment-15 Do you consider closures to be a "hot new feature"? I don't tend to think of language features from the 1930's, 1960's, or 1970's as "hot new". Do you consider closures to be a “hot new feature”? I don’t tend to think of language features from the 1930’s, 1960’s, or 1970’s as “hot new”.

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