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Re: suggestion : Ant 1.8 full dist to include a 'scripting lang'

by Matt Benson :: Rate this Message:

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--- Steve Loughran <stevel@...> wrote:

> Matt Benson wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.  ;)
> >
>
>
> With macrodef and presetdef ant is almost a
> scripting language already, no?

Surely.  I think we should reconsider global if/unless
as well.  This would improve the usability of
macrodef, for instance.

-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)
>
> -steve
>
>
>
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