Stewardship: the Sobering Parts
Brian Goetz at Clojure/conj 2014
Programming language design is not just about type theory and grammars. For evolving a mature programming language like Java, it is about finding ways to add capabilities while maintaining compatibility, both with existing code and with the expectations and mental models of 9 million or so Java developers. In this talk, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz looks at some of the challenges and lessons of steering Java through major evolutionary changes, and a sneak peek at where the Java platform is headed.
Brian Goetz is one of the leading authorities on the Java platform. He is the author of the very successful 'Java Concurrency in Practice', and has published over 75 articles on software development. He was the specification lead for JSR-335 (Lambda Expressions for the Java Language) and has served on numerous other JCP Expert Groups. Brian is the Java Language Architect at Oracle.
Brian Goetz is one of the leading authorities on the Java platform. He is the author of the very successful 'Java Concurrency in Practice', and has published over 75 articles on software development. He was the specification lead for JSR-335 (Lambda Expressions for the Java Language) and has served on numerous other JCP Expert Groups. Brian is the Java Language Architect at Oracle.