Modularity Finally Approved For Java 9 (infoworld.com)

An anonymous reader quotes InfoWorld:With a new round of voting completed this week, the Java Community Process Executive Committee passed by a 24-0 vote the Java Platform Module System public review ballot, the subject of Java Specification Request 376. In May, the same group, citing concerns over the plan being disruptive and lacking consensus, voted the measure down, 13 to 10... Red Hat, which voted no on the previous ballot but abstained from the latest one, said there were still several items in the current proposal that it wanted further work on. "However, we do not want to delay the Java 9 release," Red Hat said. Getting "real world" feedback on the modularity system will be key to determine where further changes need to occur, Red Hat said. The Eclipse Foundation, Hazelcast, and Twitter, all of which voted no previously and yes this time around, cited sufficient progress with modularity.
Java 9 is still slated for release on September 21st.

Comments

Design be committee

[110010001000]

Definitely proves that Java is "design by committee" considering there were 24 votes. No wonder it is such a disaster.

Re:Design be committee

[angel'o'sphere]

The most successful and most widely used (programming) language on the planet is a disaster?
In what world do you live?

Re:no need for java 9 here

[__aaclcg7560]

Casey Neistat has a video that defined success as people wanting to be like you. I'm not surprise that someone keeps posting as me on Slashdot. It's not like they have anything better to do with their life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQ8BGw13So

Re:What is modularity, exactly?

[angel'o'sphere]

Unfortunately not.
The parent is completely correct that using the term "module" or "modularity" in Java 9 is completely misleading.
It has absolutely nothing to do with any meaning of "module" in any other programming language.