Draft Review of Java 7 "Measures and Units"

Jean-Marie Dautelle writes to inform us that the public review period ends on July 8 for JSR-275, "Measures and Units" Early Draft. The JSR-275 will be a major enhancement for Java 7 by providing "strong" typing (through class parameterization) and easy internationalization of Java programs, preventing conversion errors. The latest version 0.8 is available as a PDF. The reference implementation is provided by the JScience project under a BSD license."

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Re:getting tired of Java ...

[cmburns69]

Version 1.7 will come out, and then you'll start moving to 1.6. When 1.8 comes out, then you can switch to 1.7. It seems like very few people actually use the most recent version. I suspect this is because new methods need to be researched, and community support for new features must be developed.