General comment about Panama

[Stefan Reich]

I just don't really see the point of having to use a different import
command later... but doesn't matter

On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 20:05, Paul Sandoz <paul.sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Stefan,
>
> The package naming is deliberate as per the requirement for incubator
> modules.
>
> While incubating over releases the API is likely to change, as we receive
> feedback and gain more experience, in addition to applying new language and
> library features to the API (features of Project Valhalla should have a
> positive impact).
>
> Once the API exits incubation name will change to a stable name, and the
> API will likely become part of Java SE and merged into java.base.
>
> Paul.
>
> > On Jan 6, 2021, at 2:36 PM, Stefan Reich <
> stefan.reich.maker.of.eye at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's fantastic! Such a smart approach, it's actually decent to read and
> it
> > really is able to speed things up. Gives you that tingly feeling of
> > controlling the CPU very directly, while still staying on the convenient
> > Java level.
> >
> > Only thing that I find unfortunate is naming the package
> > jdk.incubator.vector. So when JDK 16 ships, I'll be forced to change my
> > imports? Well, not that big of a deal I guess, just a temporary
> > inconvenience.
> >
> > BTW I actually do make "operating systems" in Java - well, it's an
> > integrated persistence framework + module loader + GUI + Java evaluator +
> > networking toolkit... so it's like the upper part of an OS if you will.
> > Screenshot <https://botcompany.de/images/1102972>
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > --
> > Stefan Reich
> > BotCompany.de // Java-based operating systems
>
>

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Stefan Reich
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