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Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project

Posted by timothy on from the as-sung-by-the-bad-brains dept.

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?'"

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  1. No need to duplicate work by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    We already have a Java killer; his name is Larry Ellison.

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    There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
    1. Re:No need to duplicate work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison.

      Poetic.

  2. Re:C#/Mono similar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two words: Oracle.

    What's the second word?

  3. Re:Ceylon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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