Update on JSR 334 Expert Group activities

[Dan Smith]

If Charles Babbage could make a computer without electronics, surely we'll be able to assemble a Java Mechanical Machine (JMM) to implement the JVM.

—Dan

On Jan 26, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Joshua Bloch wrote:

> Joe,
> 
> 
> Well, after the impending EMP destroys all digital devices, perhaps there
> will be a resurgence of Morse Code.  But on the other hand, there won't be
> any CPUs to take advantage of our fine specifications.
> 
>     Josh
> 
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/25/2011 8:52 PM, Cay Horstmann wrote:
>>>> On 25/01/2011 9:22 p.m., Reinier Zwitserloot wrote:
>>>> One good reason to disallow multiple underscores is to keep multiple
>>>> underscores available for future language expansion. Presumably JDK7
>> isn't
>>>> the last java release to have new language features. I admit I can't
>> think
>>>> of anything that would be best served by multiple underscores, but who
>> knows
>>>> what java needs 5 years from now?
>>> Morse code literals, ._.. .. _._ . _ .... .. ...
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> _._. ._ _.__
>> 
>> ..-. .-- .. .--, given that the FCC has dropped the Morse code
>> requirement to obtain an amateur radio license in the US [1], I don't
>> see a growing need for Morse code literals five years hence!
>> 
>> -Joe
>> 
>> [1]
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_licensing_in_the_United_States#Technician:_the_first_license_without_Morse_code
>> 
>> 
>> 
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