keep the jvm – ditch java
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Copyright © 2017 Russel Winder 1
Keep the JVM – Ditch Java
Russel Winder
https://www.russel.org.uk
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Java is stagnant,thankfully we have Kotlin, Ceylon,…
Russel Winder
https://www.russel.org.uk
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Keep the JVM – Ditch Java
Russel Winder
https://www.russel.org.uk
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The “Prosecution” Advocate● Ex theoretical physicist● Ex UNIX systems programmer● Ex academic:
– Parallel programming– Software development and programming– HCI, UI, UX
● Ex Company director
● Ex Independent consultant● Ex analyst● Ex author● Ex expert witness● Ex trainer
Russel Winder
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The “Defence” Advocate
Appears to be missing. :-)
The audience will have to substitute.
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The Jury
That’s you the audience.
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Preface
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An outline case presented,much, much more detail is available.
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Introduction
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Java is…● …an “old” programming language steeped in “imperative” and
“object oriented” history.● …a programming language, evolving very slowly.● …not really keeping up with modern programming ideas and
techniques.
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The Java Platform is…● …a mature and extensive hardware-independent platform.● …evolving very, very slowly.● …a platform for many programming languages:
– Java, Scala, Kotlin, Ceylon, Frege, Groovy, Fantom, Gosu, …– Groovy, Clojure, JRuby, Jython, Golo, …
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Some Philosophy
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Is Change Good?
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Is Change Good?● Change threatens backward compatibility, backward
compatibility is determined to be sacrosanct, ergo no.● Change enables new knowledge, new techniques, new tools,
ergo yes.
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Assembly languages
Procedural languages
Functional languages
Object-oriented languages
?Logic languages
Machine code
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Backward compatibility is theenemy of progress.
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Backward compatibility is theexcuse of the lazy to avoid work.
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Backward compatibility is theway applications become
outdated and broken.
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Is backward compatibility thebiggest threat to Java?
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Moving On
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Distinguish Java the language fromJVM and Java Platform.
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If Java will not change…
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Assembly languages
Procedural languages
Functional languages
Object-oriented languages
?Logic languages
Machine code
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Scala, touted as a replacement for Java,incorporates functional programming into an
object oriented language.
However…
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Many took to Scala, butmany found it unsatisfactory.
Kotlin and Ceylon are two of the results.
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The Two Languages● Kotlin
– Interwork with Java allowing incremental change of codebase.
– Influenced by Java, Groovy, Scala.
– Superior type system to Java.
● Ceylon– Replace Java but use the
Java Platform.– Module based from the
outset.– Far superior type system to
Java.
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Both Kotlin and CeylonCan compile to JVM or JavaScript.
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Both Kotlin and Ceylon arelanguages of the 2010s.
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Hello World has to be done
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/** * The Hello World program in Kotlin. * * @author Russel Winder */fun main(args:Array<String>) { println("Hello World.")}
"The Hello World program in Ceylon."by("Russel Winder")sharedvoid run() { print("Hello World.");}
Top level functions.
/** * The Hello World program in Java * * @author Russel Winder */public class HelloWorld_Java { public static void main(fnal String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World."); }}
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Doing everything with classes and packages as in Java (and Scala) seen as too restrictive.
Adding top level functions, etc. seen as right, make the compiler do the work of creating classes for the JVM.
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Factorial is required
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Code
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Let’s look at anagramsOr word count
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Code
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Some Further Thoughts
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Operator overloading was deemed too hard for programmers to cope with by the inventors of Java.
Most JVM languages since have put it back,one way or another.
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Language evolution by replacement.
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Kotlin and Ceylon represent twopossible futures on the JVM.
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Headlines● Kotlin:
– More declarative than Java.– Less code.– Mixed language codebase.– More expressive than Java.
● Ceylon:– More declarative than Java.– Modules.– Far better type system
than Java.– More expressive than Java.
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Both Kotlin and Ceylon run on Android.
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Both Kotlin and Ceylon target JVM or JS.
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A Challenge to You
Try all this in Java.
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Keep the JVM – Ditch Java
Russel Winder
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The JVM is dead,
Long live the GraalVM