> > > 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
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