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by curtis17 4343 days ago
I totally agree with the original poster. I picked up Java in the mid-90's for server-side dev. Grew to loathe it.

When Google announced an open-source OS for mobile - I was so happy. But ... Java. Broke my heart. Don't Google have any taste. At least Google could bless an alt-Java Swift-ish alternative like Kotlin, Xtend, AnythingButJava.
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mike_hearn 4343 days ago
They don't really need to bless it, do they? Any JVM language that targets Java 6 should work.
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curtis17 4343 days ago
Google have issues with Oracle. Why not bless an alt-Java and give developers a clear signal. The end game should be Kotlin or Xtend or ? -> Dalvik/ART. Cut out Java.
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wstrange 4343 days ago
Dart for the win
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curtis17 4343 days ago
Dart is interesting but a little too Jave-ery in both syntax and tools - Dart Editor is Eclipse based. Also, not sure how committed Google is long-term.

Google's issue is too many languages and runtimes: Go, JS/ES6/V8, Dart/DartVM, Java/ART, PaNcl, RenderScript.

With the Material/Paper UI Google have given dev's a consistent, elegant unified surface. But Google should also be moving in the direction of an (elegant) unification under the hood. Java and JS are 20 years old - but are at the core of Google's platforms - Android and Chrome/OS. But what - Kotlin, Dart, ES6/7?

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