RFR (S): CR 8004318/JEP 171 Fences intrinsics

[Doug Lea]

On 12/05/12 11:55, Kirk Pepperdine wrote:
> ...

Just one followup to again emphasize the main thrust of the
proposals: Like for example, invokeDynamic, these
proposals target the JVM, not Java. And like "asm" escapes
in C,  they are accessible by mixing some JVMese with your
Java code.

By all means, let's do better for Java programmers
(and Scala and Clojure and Ruby programmers too). But for
now it would be great to get some of the capabilities
in place so we have a basis for doing so.


> PS, as for the JEP process it's self.. it's not a very well known process.

Give it time. Developments that interestingly
impact the platform will increasingly involve JEPs.

Also, please send feedback (I think the gb-discuss list would be
a good place)  about any meta issues about JEP process.


-Doug