Don’t get me started on JSR-223. I had a nice big fat rant ready last night about it when I lost power. Lambda the Ultimate picked it up today.
My summary: Sun ignored an excellent existing scripting framework for Java (Jython) and opted to reinvent the wheel with Zend using PHP. And they’re going to ensure that this new scripting framework will be web-only. Erik Hatcher doesn’t seem too happy about that. I’m not too happy about the whole thing.
Embracing scripting is part of their strategy to infiltrate the “Corporate” market and to raise their developer base from 3 million to 10 million.