> > Talking about flamebait, I'll toss this out there: > we > > could create our own scripting language... with > > domain-specific slants if/where applicable... this > > would extricate us from any distribution issues, > and, > > dare I say it, could be fun if we could find ways > to > > make a DSL that is Ant-focused. ;) > >
build files are a dsl for Java as Java has no way of extending the language see: http://defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html for the most coherent writing I've seen on this. Given that (I anyway) agree with the above, writing our own scripting language would still be: a - a lot of fun (+1) b - probably pointless (-1) c - unnecessary if we extend ant in other ways (see below) (-0)
> With macrodef and presetdef ant is almost a > scripting language already, no?
not quite but it's getting there - the fact that someone wrote a game in a build file suggests that it's 90% there!
Surely. I think we should reconsider global if/unless as well. This would improve the usability of macrodef, for instance.
+2 (can I do that?) - for 1.8 I think this is a *must* have feature
-Matt > > We could certainly improve script integration with > more than today; > don't know about reworking mainstream distributions. > As for Java6, thats > a long way from being mainstream. In the > 'enterprise', its java ee 5 > that's forcing the java5 upgrade, which people feel > about ready for (not > my claim, but from JBoss people) >
I've just started my first Java5 project (ie before this week I've not really had to look at the new for loops, <Generics/Template>, or autoboxing etc). To be honest it doesn't feel like Java anymore, it certainly looks a lot more like C# (but then I suppose that was the intention) Kev --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
