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Bonjour,<br><br>
J'aurais voulu partager avec vous ci-après une info qui vient
d'apparaître dans "ACM TechNews". A noter qu'il y aura un WS à
ECOOP sur ce thème des langages dynamiques
(<a href="http://prog.vub.ac.be/~wdmeuter/RDL06/" eudora="autourl">
http://prog.vub.ac.be/~wdmeuter/RDL06/</a>).<br><br>
Bien à vous,<br>
Reza<br><br>
<br>
<b><a name="254852"></a>Java Facing Pressures From Dynamic Languages<br>
InfoWorld (03/25/06) Krill, Paul <br><br>
</b>Panelists at TheServerSide Java Symposium agreed that dynamic
languages such as Ruby are mounting a threat to Java, but that the
language itself can be improved and the ability of Java Virtual Machine
could reach to dynamic languages. Admitting that Java falls short on the
low end, the panelists agreed that Java's future lies with enhanced
development of its Web applications. "Ruby on Rails is quick and
clean and that's the reason it's taking off," said independent
consultant Bruce Tate, who is closely watching the JRuby project, which
claims to be developing a Java-based Ruby interpreter. While Java is
faring well at the enterprise level, Tate argues that the Java Virtual
Machine should extend further into low-end applications. Bruce Snyder, a
founding member of the Apache Geronimo project, said he is surprised by
Ruby's popularity, given its lack of enterprise capabilities. Tate
counters that Java also began in a simple form, arguing that the two
languages should be able to co-exist. As the Internet moves from a
publishing environment to an application environment, Web 2.0 becomes
increasingly important. "Hopefully, we'll see a new breed come along
for developing lighter-weight applications and [using] Web 2.0,"
said Snyder, though others claimed that the entire Web tier is simply not
working, inviting the possibility of open-source systems undermining
commercial revenues, whittling down companies' research and development
budgets. Others contended that free and open source are not the same
thing, and that open-source software can provide services that add value
and produce revenue.<br>
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