I wrote the mail... I thought you guys wanted to "chime in"? All the best, Stefan Am 08.05.2015 19:00 schrieb "Konstantin Boudnik" <c...@apache.org>:
> Stefan, > > As Thiago suggested, you can move this conversation to > gene...@incubator.apache.org: there's a bunch of people who are helping > new > projects to get into ASF and up to speed on a daily basis. > > I, for one, will keep an eye on your email and will chime in as soon as it > arrives ;) > > Good luck! > Cos > > On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 06:41PM, Stefan Reich wrote: > > Nice! I'll make it a tech spike. > > > > Now we should move this discussion somewhere else I guess (sorry for > > posting to the list, Mike - I need attention :). Just where? > > > > Cheers > > Am 08.05.2015 17:34 schrieb "Mike Kienenberger" <mkien...@gmail.com>: > > > > > javaX definitely looks interesting. > > > > > > I've always wished Java supported named parameter methods like > Objective-C. > > > > > > drawCircleWithRadius:r atX:x y:y; > > > instead of > > > drawCircle(r, x, y); > > > > > > I suppose that would conflict with the conditional expression operator > > > (b ? t : f) but maybe two colons > > > > > > drawCircleWithRadius::r atX::x y::y; > > > > > > Of course, without the smalltalk-esque grouping brackets, maybe it'd > > > be too hard to read and parse it in java. Guess the idea would need > > > more work. > > > > > > [renderer drawCircleWithRadius:r atX:[radiusSource xBasedOnInputA:a > b:b] > > > y:y]; > > > versus > > > renderer.drawCircleWithRadiusAtXandY(r, > > > radiusSource.xBasedOnInputAandB(a, b), y); > > > > > > doesn't really work as > > > > > > renderer.drawCircleWithRadius::r atX::radiusSource.xBasedOnInputA::a > b::b > > > y::y; > > > > > > Maybe with extra parens... > > > > > > renderer.(drawCircleWithRadius::r atX::radiusSource.(xBasedOnInputA::a > > > b::b) y::y); > > > > > > but at this point, it stops having the same readability.... > > > > > > Guess we really need objective C method call syntax for java :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Thiago H de Paula Figueiredo > > > <thiag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 09:18:10 -0300, Stefan Reich > > > > <stefan.reich.maker.of....@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > >> I'd like to find a home (or home-s) for the "JavaX" project ( > > > >> http://javax.tinybrain.de). > > > > > > > > > > > > Taking a look . . . :) > > > > > > > >> > > > >> JavaX is a super-extensible version of Java. > > > >> > > > >> It's probably the easiest way to extend any language existing right > now. > > > >> > > > >> Is there a way to collaborate with Apache? I think I can promise you > > > that > > > >> this is the way of the future :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe the incubator is the place to start: > > > http://incubator.apache.org/ > > > > "The Incubator project is the entry path into The Apache Software > > > Foundation > > > > (ASF) for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the > > > Foundation's > > > > efforts. All code donations from external organisations and existing > > > > external projects wishing to join Apache enter through the > Incubator." > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > > > > Tapestry, Java and Hibernate consultant and developer > > > > http://machina.com.br > > > >
