[Squeak-fr] Java Facing Pressures From Dynamic Languages

[Reza Razavi]

Bonjour,

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 (http://prog.vub.ac.be/~wdmeuter/RDL06/).

Bien à vous,
Reza


Java Facing Pressures From Dynamic Languages
InfoWorld (03/25/06) Krill, Paul

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.
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