Re: [rules-users] Expert Systems and Functional programming?
On 12 Mar 2013, at 02:10, Grant Rettke <grettke(a)acm.org> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Mark Proctor
<mproctor(a)codehaus.org> wrote:
> For instance here is an idea I've been mulling over recently (note just random
ideas, not roadmap). We don't have
> the resources to completely compete against other languages, and I'm not sure we
should do. With Java8 and 9 it
> starts to become a more compelling language. Java8 brings lambs and java9 solve the
perm gen issue (so we can
> stop using MVEL, and just go pure code generation and not worry about blowing the
perm gen). Could we create a
> system that better layers with java9?
Any other JVM languages that would serve you well right now?
Anyone that offers
type safety. So Scala, Ceylon, Koitlin would all be contenders. Java is simply the lowest
common denominator that reaches the widest possible mark. But as mentioned, base java is
not enough - we'd need to layer property accessors on it.
Mark
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