Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project 623
talawahdotnet writes "Gavin King of Red Hat/Hibernate/Seam fame recently unveiled the top secret project that he has been working on over the past two years, a new language and SDK designed to replace Java in the enterprise. The project came out of hiding without much fanfare or publicity at QCon Beijing in a keynote titled 'The Ceylon Project — the next generation of Java language?'"
Ceylon? (Score:3, Funny)
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"?
Do they have a plan?
No need to duplicate work (Score:5, Funny)
We already have a Java killer; his name is Larry Ellison.
Re:Ceylon? (Score:4, Funny)
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"?
Do they have a plan?
The 'Cylon' project requires a meta-cognitive processor, not a VM.
Although, I had a similar experience reading about the 'Dalvik' VM... Wha... the DALEK VM?
Finally, it's Red Hat. They have no Plan. The One True God has no frakking patience for RHEL (and neither do I).
Re:Ceylon? (Score:4, Funny)
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"?
You are not the only one. My first thought was, "I hope they hire Tricia Helfer to advertise this."
steveha
Re:C#/Mono similar? (Score:5, Funny)
Two words: Oracle.
What's the second word?
Re:C#/Mono similar? (Score:3, Funny)
"FuckingBullshitAss Oracle" is implied whenever somebody says "Oracle".
Re:C#/Mono similar? (Score:5, Funny)
Two words:
Oracle.
What's the second word?
Lawyers.
Re:No need to duplicate work (Score:5, Funny)
One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison.
Poetic.
Re:Another One! Just what we need (Score:4, Funny)
Don't forget all the other important languages!
* brainfuck
* whitespace
* piet
* INTERCAL
* false
* befunge
* malbolge
and, of course (last but not least!)
* LOLCODE
Ceylon:Tea::Java:Coffee (Score:2, Funny)
So I guess Redhat is going to be popular with some folks in the right-wing of US political [wikipedia.org] spectrum?
Re:Ceylon? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ceylon? (Score:5, Funny)
Am I the only one who read, "Cylon"? Do they have a plan?
No, it's a by-your-command line language. Totally open ended.