Re: LW+Java
On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:52:37 +0100, Denis Pousseur
<denis.pousseur@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Popularity of langages in 2013, TIOBE
> (http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html) :
>
> 1 : C
> 2 : Java
> 3 : Objective-C
> ….
> 14 : Lisp
The picture is slightly more complicated since it displays .NET languages
as separate from each other. If .NET was considered by the rating as a
platform it would likely be a close third after Java.
>
> It’s true that Java had declined last years… but, starting from 25% 12
> years ago, it is now at 16.1% - just after C (16.2%) - and seems to be
> stabilized. This score is still 20 times better than Lisp, so « dying
> out » is maybe a little bit excessive expression... For me, any bridge
> to some of the most popular languages is a good and pragmatic strategy
> for a Lisp implementation. LW has already some very efficient C and
> Objective-C interfaces, so adding a Java interface is a logical (and
> welcome) prolongation.
>
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> Le 4 juil. 2014 à 00:58, David McClain <dbm@refined-audiometrics.com> a
> écrit :
>
>>
>> This is rather surprising - to me at least... I had the impression that
>> Java was finally dying out, not least because of the strangle-hold on
>> it by Oracle, and secondly as a result of the serious security flaws
>> found in it last year or so. Just what I've heard, but I'm not Java
>> saavy. So please feel free to counter with some facts.
>>
>> - DM
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 3, 2014, at 10:55 AM, Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Mika,
>>>
>>> LispWorks 7.0 will include an interface to the JVM. We expect a beta
>>> release
>>> to be available shortly, so if you would like to be a beta tester then
>>> please
>>> send an email to lisp-support@lispworks.com (don't ask questions about
>>> it here
>>> because it will be under NDA).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Martin Simmons
>>> LispWorks Ltd
>>> http://www.lispworks.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:39:46 +0300, mkuuskan said:
>>>>
>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if anyone has any experience on bindings between
>>>> LW(M) and
>>>> JVM. What's the current state of affairs? Are there any libraries
>>>> available?
>>>>
>>>> mikas
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> 73 de Dave, N7AIG
>>
>> David McClain
>> N7AIG@arrl.net
>>
>>
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