Re: Today (Feb 26) IBM announcements

On 28 Feb, 01:51, "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

> In fact, the main argument =A0for doing the Java conversion is so that
new=
 age
> programmers can maintain code (and they need to do this less in an OO
> language, than a non-OO one, if they play their cards right...) in a
> language they are familiar with. If this language is also perceived as
bei=
ng
> "past its sell-by date", then there may be no point in converting to it.
> Instead, re-write or re-script what needs change and do it in whatever
> language facilitates that, whether it is C#, PHP, or Ruby...
>
> Ruby is generating fierce interest in Europe, even more than elsewhere.
>

So too is GROOVY