Java之父Gosling厉声指责:JavaME没有死！

当地时间昨天Java语言之父James Gosling在博客中强烈回应道“JavaME没有死！（JavaME is *not* dead!）”。

日前，Sun决定将移动版Java逐渐转向Java标准版（新闻回顾：Sun力推Java标准版 手机移动版Java将逐步退出)http://news.csdn.net/n/20071022/109781.html。Java之父,Sun副总裁James Gosling说，“曾经主要在台式机上流行的Java标准版（SE）会逐渐取代Java微型版（ME），将更多计算能力带进小型设备中。”

为此国外的一位Java开发者Bill Ray在博客中以《Gosling欲痛打J2ME落水狗》为题写道，“Java之父James Gosling规划了JavaFX Mobile的未来蓝图，然而J2ME根本不在未来计划之内，所以这一micro版本将在下个十年消失。……”

Gosling在获悉这番内容后在自己博客中“厉声”回应道：JavaME没有死！

在博客中，Gosling写道，“有些人们非常愿意曲解我的话语并将这说成是我的话。最早的JavaME非常简单和有限，直接反应了当时手机的简单和有限：我们不得不根据现有的硬件来开发软件。随着时间的推移，手机变得越来越强大，JavaME也伴之不断成长。手机正变成新的桌面，我们也一直关注着这点。所以很明显JavaME和JavaSE将整合并难以区分（指差别小）。有两条路：JavaSE拥有丰富和成熟的图形API，JavaME在这方面发展；JavaME拥有location API（GPS），有人认为这应当在JavaSE中得到呈现。”

“这是一个前进发展的过程，而不是‘抛弃旧的，留下新的’。”【呐不喊】

Gosling原文：

It's growing up. Sheesh. Some folks are far too eager to misinterpret statements and put words in my mouth. The early versions of JavaME were very simple and limited, a direct reflection of the fact that early phones themselves were simple and limited: we had to work with what we had. But as time has passed, and cell phones have become more powerful and capable, JavaME has grown up too. Cell phones are becoming the new desktop. We've been saying this for years. Over time, it's pretty clear that JavaME and JavaSE will converge and become largely indistinguishable. It goes both ways: JavaSE has a much more sophisticated graphics API, and JavaME is growing there. JavaME has a location API (GPS) and one could easily make the argument that it should be available in JavaSE.

This is a process of evolution, not "out with the old, in with the new".