Java SDK 1.5 'Tiger' Beta Finally Released

kingkola writes "Finally, after about two years of development, the Beta for Java SDK 1.5, aka Tiger, has been released. Features added in this edition include generics support, autoboxing of primitives, syntactic sugar for loops, enumerated types, variable arguments, sharing of memory between multiple VMs and a bunch of other bugfixes, enchancements, etc."

Comments

steps toward Python

[axxackall]

generics support, autoboxing of primitives, syntactic sugar for loops, enumerated types, variable arguments

Looks more and more like Python. All I need now to move from Python to Java is just same small size of memory footprint and ability to interprete the source code. No need to mention FP-things like list comprehensions. Until then - keep your coffe for your blind-dumb managers. I use a real language.

MOD PARENT UP

[Progman3K]

I hate it when someone makes a valid point and gets modded down because it's controversial.

Come to the realization friends; Java IS slow.

Personally, I LOVE Java as a pedagogical tool to aid in teaching computer science, and I had the same love for Logo, but obviously both of these languages have at least one thing in common; they are hampered by the fact that they are slow.