ARM syntax and new keywords

[Neal Gafter]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Joshua Bloch <jjb at google.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Neal Gafter <neal at gafter.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Now that jdk7 will include a syntax for using names that are otherwise
>> keywords (the syntax is #"name"), the backward-compatibility breakage of
>> adding a new keyword is much less severe.
>
>
> Let's not jump the gun!  Sun's recently announced closures effort has
> barely gotten underway, and no syntax has been chosen. Mark made it clear
> that syntax he presented at Devoxx was a hastily constructed straw man.
>

What do closures have to do with it?  Support for exotic identifiers is
already in openjdk7.

Cheers,
Neal