Update on JSR 334 Expert Group activities (original) (raw)

Joshua Bloch jjb at google.com
Wed Jan 26 16:14:54 PST 2011

Joe,

Well, after the impending EMP destroys all digital devices, perhaps there will be a resurgence of Morse Code. But on the other hand, there won't be any CPUs to take advantage of our fine specifications.

 Josh

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> wrote:

On 1/25/2011 8:52 PM, Cay Horstmann wrote: >> On 25/01/2011 9:22 p.m., Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: >> One good reason to disallow multiple underscores is to keep multiple >> underscores available for future language expansion. Presumably JDK7 isn't >> the last java release to have new language features. I admit I can't think >> of anything that would be best served by multiple underscores, but who knows >> what java needs 5 years from now? > Morse code literals, ... .. . . .... .. ... > > Cheers, > > .. . ._

..-. .-- .. .--, given that the FCC has dropped the Morse code requirement to obtain an amateur radio license in the US [1], I don't see a growing need for Morse code literals five years hence! -Joe [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmateurradiolicensingintheUnitedStates#Technician:thefirstlicensewithoutMorsecode

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