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Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project
talawahdotnet writes "Gavin King of Red Hat/Hibernate/Seam fame recently unveiled the top secret project that he has been working on over the past two years, a new language and SDK designed to replace Java in the enterprise. The project came out of hiding without much fanfare or publicity at QCon Beijing in a keynote titled 'The Ceylon Project — the next generation of Java language?'"
We already have a Java killer; his name is Larry Ellison.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"?
Do they have a plan?
The 'Cylon' project requires a meta-cognitive processor, not a VM.
Although, I had a similar experience reading about the 'Dalvik' VM... Wha... the DALEK VM?
Finally, it's Red Hat. They have no Plan. The One True God has no frakking patience for RHEL (and neither do I).
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"?
You are not the only one. My first thought was, "I hope they hire Tricia Helfer to advertise this."
steveha
lf(1): it's like ls(1) but sorts filenames by extension, tersely
Two words: Oracle.
What's the second word?
"FuckingBullshitAss Oracle" is implied whenever somebody says "Oracle".
Two words:
Oracle.
What's the second word?
Lawyers.
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Don't forget all the other important languages!
* brainfuck
* whitespace
* piet
* INTERCAL
* false
* befunge
* malbolge
and, of course (last but not least!)
* LOLCODE
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I *am* from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and yes, Ceylon is to tea what Java is to coffee. Both are islands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_production_in_Sri_Lanka
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"? Do they have a plan?
No, it's a by-your-command line language. Totally open ended.