No, we are not moving away from Java, but Java just got better with long awaited release of Java 8 last month. Well, in theory we can try to rewrite the shared OT logic into javascript and compile it with the new Java 8 javascript compiler for the server side, while it can be used as is on the client side.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:51 PM, John Blossom <jblos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this an inflection point at which one could consider moving away from > Java? For mobile use, it's not ideal. > > All the best, > > John Blossom > > email: jblos...@gmail.com > phone: 203.293.8511 > google+: google.com/+JohnBlossom > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Yuri Z <vega...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > As Java 8 was finally released, I think it would be great to migrate the > > WIAB code to Java 8. > > I already tried to compile it with jdk 8 and there are some issues, most > > due to improved type inference in Java 8 that is able to catch some not > so > > correct class casts on generic classes that java 6/7 probably weren't > able > > to infer and allowed. > > Anyway, it looks like it can be fixed. > > Another issue is GWT compilation - I don't know if GWT can work with > Java 8 > > source. Is there anyone who hd some experience with GWT and Java 8? > > >
