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Preview of Java 1.5

Posted by michael on from the skim-milk-and-two-sugars dept.

gafter writes "An early access prototype implementation of the proposed new J2SE 1.5 language features is available. The prototype includes generics (JSR 14), typesafe enums, varargs, autoboxing, foreach loops, and static import (JSR 201). In other words, all the new language features planned for 1.5 except metadata (JSR 175). The prototype includes full sources for the compiler, written in the extended language. You can download the prototype from java.sun.com. It requires J2SE 1.4.1 and provides some examples of how to use the new language constructs. The prototype includes an experimental type system (variant type parameters) for Generic Java that is being considered for Tiger (1.5) based on a paper by Igarashi and Viroli at ECOOP 2002 . Comments and votes for the new type system are being gathered at bugParade."

9 of 461 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nuts in ya face!!!

  2. In Soviet Russia... by DigiShaman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    we work you.

    --
    Life is not for the lazy.
  3. Re:Required Slashdot reading list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. well, obviously, it sucks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    JAVA SI TEH SUX

  5. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You have brought the shame of FAILURE to your ancestors!

    YOU FAIL IT!

  6. Re:Is the single instance of VM in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. well, well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm an atheist, so I don't practice Java.

  8. C is teh suk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But since you were talking about Pascal, maybe hangover is a bit more appropriate. ;)

    F U. Pascal is very much superior to C and C++. It's very fashionable to bash Pascal but if you carefully look at the merits, you're in for a surprise.

    For example, function prototyping is C was non-existent before:

    int add(a, b)
    int a, int b;
    { blah }
    Pascal always had function prototyping and nowadays everyone uses it.

    No boolean type -- C uses int as a hack for boolean -- ugh! Pascal has a boolean type and C++ copied yet another feature from a Pascal/Ada type language.

    Pointers -- the mother of most bugs C/C++ programs. While Pascal allows pointers too, their use is extermely rare in practice.

  9. Re:Sounds like what C# has that makes it better... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no one listens to you. you never have real world examples, you just link to high level gobbledy gook. what the hell do you do? are you some sort of supressed low level management that sits around all day and never codes a line but ends up knowing all the jargon and making coders comply to the zen of the day coding methods then providing people with links to high level nebulous crap.

    no ability to get specific. none whatsoever. high level puffery.