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fn bugs me as well. fun would have been better: - ML heritage for named functions (fn was anon) - muscle memory with the leading part of javascript function - the other abbreviatio…

> but it is no more pragmatic than OCaml or F#. Swift seems more approachable then those languages. Pragmatic in the sense that Rust and Kotlin are.

Swift seems a pragmatic take on functional programming. Apple backing means the compiler, libs and runtime will get a lot of work.

> Or would that enable a Linux port? I would be interested in a Swift port for Linux server-side/command line dev. Not so much client UI dev. Swift on Linux servers could help Appl…

Scala moving in a similar direction. Odersky: That's going to be a more fundamental rethink of what Scala is. The main goal is to make it simpler, to review it or work out what its…

The most interesting way forward re languages/runtimes looks like something Brendan mentioned here: http://javascriptjabber.com/124-jsj-the-origin-of-javascript... > At some point,…

Kotlin could be the Swift for Android if Jetbrains make it an explicit goal and gain developer mindshare. Also, Kotlin can compile down to JS and can thus target another Google pla…

Apple could have big plans for their ARM64 platform. Anand could be part of it.

If Google can't resolve their differences with Oracle Kotlin could be a way forward. Especially given the Android Studio connection.

Value types with operator overloading. Expressive and good for performance. Open? Java is owned by Oracle. C# is better and more expressive than Java. Especially the functional/dec…

Android needs to evolve away from Java. It needs a Swift - something richer, more expressive, focused on modern 64bit platforms and above all open.

Definitely not alone. At the Google IO Android Fireside Chat, a developer asked the Android team about using an alternative to Java for development - Scala in his case. Pretty much…

Dart is interesting but a little too Jave-ery in both syntax and tools - Dart Editor is Eclipse based. Also, not sure how committed Google is long-term. Google's issue is too many …

Google have issues with Oracle. Why not bless an alt-Java and give developers a clear signal. The end game should be Kotlin or Xtend or ? -> Dalvik/ART. Cut out Java.

I totally agree with the original poster. I picked up Java in the mid-90's for server-side dev. Grew to loathe it. When Google announced an open-source OS for mobile - I was so hap…

Imo Android needs a Swift because: 1. Java is too verbose/tedious. Developers are looking for something richer/more expressive. 2. Oracle. Java is non-open. Ultimately, the languag…

Same here. I want to get away from Java and the JVM. Twenty years old and now owned by Oracle.

Yes. My understanding is that currently the Android ART toolchain is: Java source -> Java byte code -> Dalvik byte code in apk -> install time compile to Oat file for execution in …

Android L with the Material design language looks very attractive. But I really dislike the Java/XML combo for development. So, anyone tried the alt-Java's for coding Android apps:…

WinRT was not built on the CLR. MS didn't eat it's own dogfood. Divided story between Windows Phone and Windows 8. MS should open source the CLR. Also, the new MRT - minimal native…

True re Google's experiments. Given there's one guy in charge of Android and Chrome/OS developers could use a clearer direction. Preferably an alternative to Java (Kotlin?) which c…

Given Google's relationship with Jetbrains for Android Studio how about Kotlin. Cut out Java entirely: Kotlin -> ART. Kotlin seems approachable and modern. Also compiles down to JS…

Licences and a cut from app/content sales. The problem with the Linux desktop is the 'everything is free' mentality.

Adobe are in the position to do for Linux what Apple did for BSD/Darwin. Adobe OS. Take the Linux kernel, systemd and command line tools. Put a great gui on top. With Creative Suit…

My only use of Java is for Android. The Android VM - Dalvik - uses Dalvik not JVM byte code. Now ART - the new Android runtime replacing Dalvik - is native - no more byte code. The…