Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-04-02 Thread Caleb Brandt
Hey all, Welp, it looks like my summer will be completely booked in order to graduate on time, so this idea is on hold for now. Thank you everyone for your feedback! I look forward to speaking with you next year. Cheers, Caleb Brandt On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 12:34 PM Jochen Theodorou wrote

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-29 Thread Caleb Brandt
the connections to popularize its usage. If you don't trust anything, trust that. Please consider mentoring for this project. Even if it flops, it will be a tremendous experience that can only help my contributions to Apache in the future. Thank you, Caleb Brandt On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 8:28 

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-25 Thread Caleb Brandt
, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:22 PM Caleb Brandt wrote: > IDEs will still interpret stuff incorrectly at times.* > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM Caleb Brandt > wrote: > >> Thank you all so much for your insight! And I'm not being facetious >> here; you guys keep blasting

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-25 Thread Caleb Brandt
IDEs will still interpret stuff incorrectly at times.* On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM Caleb Brandt wrote: > Thank you all so much for your insight! And I'm not being facetious here; > you guys keep blasting away the points that don't hold water, so I think > I've fin

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-25 Thread Caleb Brandt
uage" and run away. As for marketing: I'm friends with some of the biggest Minecraft developers in the space; if something's going to be used by new Java developers, it'll be recommended by them. I can even get it packaged into the major modding frameworks for the game if it&#

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
thank you so much for your opinion! Even though I personally disagree, I can see where you're coming from, and that's the important part. :D I look forward to working with you if I ever contribute to the Groovy project in the future! Thanks again, Caleb Brandt On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 8:49 PM

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
(I also use Java professionally, not just for Minecraft, but we only use Maven on business projects so I'm more familiar with the horrors of *Minecraft's* toolchain management.) On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM Caleb Brandt wrote: > Well, maybe Groovy did get a better static analyze

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
eally well made. So yeah, Groovy absolutely has everything I'm talking about, but I want *Java* to have it too. It seems like it would be pretty straightforward to do so, so do you think it's as feasible as I'd imagine it to be? On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 7:16 PM Caleb Brandt wr

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
can in fact just use the Java syntax that you are familiar with and > take on board as many (or as few) Groovy idioms as you feel > comfortable with. > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 8:27 AM Caleb Brandt > wrote: > > > > Thank you so much for the reply, Paul! > > >

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
Oh, uh, read the "reply" on the original post. That's where the actual proposal is. ...maybe I should just resend it.

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
s your desired goal sounds alot >> like Groovy to me. Can you elaborate on anything that you desire that >> Groovy doesn't already give you? >> >> Thanks, Paul. >> >> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 1:58 AM Caleb Brandt >> wrote: >> > >> > I.

Re: [GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
ovy to me. Can you elaborate on anything that you desire that > Groovy doesn't already give you? > > Thanks, Paul. > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 1:58 AM Caleb Brandt > wrote: > > > > I. forgot to subscribe to this list first. :/ Please prune the > duplicate th

[GSoC 2024] Idea: A Basic Superset of Java | Java+

2024-03-24 Thread Caleb Brandt
excited to possibly work with you guys. On Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 10:38 AM Caleb Brandt wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to submit a new idea for this summer's GSoC. You should stick > around, because I trust you'll find this as interesting as I do. > > > *Motivation:* >