04/24/08
RemObjects Oxygene 3.0
As you might have seen, this week we've announced Oxygene, the next major release of the language formerly knows as Chrome.
I'm very excited about this release as we have a lot of great things going on. Like last year when we released 'Joyride', i find myself in the position where i've been using versions of Oxygene for the better part of the past eight or ten months, so for me it's been an incremental stream of improvements and new features and minor tweaks — for you out there who are currently using 'Joyride', it will be a major step forward.
We have a set of major language extensions there that (imho) rank up there with the introduction of Generics or LINQ, with the big difference being that while Generics and LINQ have come with the framework, and Chrome was merely being a good citizen by implementing them. The parallelism stuff we're shipping in Oxygene – starting with futures, but there's a lot more it it than just those – is a different ballpark altogether, and it's something you don't get anywhere else — not in C#, nor in any other mainstream language, managed or unmanaged.
You can get a first peek at Futures on our new documentation wiki at wiki.remobjects.com/wiki/Futures.
But of course futures and related parallelism features aren't the only thing, we have more exciting additions to the language that i'll talk about more as we near release.
The first release of Oxygene, incidentally, will ship on May 30. Make sure your subscriptions are renewed in time! ;)
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04/24/08 @ 16:28 You raise a good point, yes.
I cannot go into the many details, but suffice to say this was not a decision that was done lightly and we are aware of the recognition and good-will that the "Chrome" name has built up over
the past months and years. But, given all the considerations that played into this decision, we concluded that the real strength of Chrome is the quality of the language and product itself, and our vision for where we want to take the language in the future.
Trust me when i say that lot of factors played a role here, and the decision we did make on this will be for the benefit of the product and all its users, more so than any other option we could have pursued.
I also believe that with the recent changes in naming conventions, from Chrome 1.0 and 1.5 over Chrome "Joyride"™ to now simply Oxygene, and with the already public use of "Oxygene"™ as a beta code name for version 3.0 for a while, this name change will flow over almost naturally (as natural as they come, at least). Of course there will be some initial
friction in the transition, but ultimately, we believe Oxygene will be
a great name for the language and product.
thanx,
marc
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04/24/08 @ 18:04 · http://ebersys.blogspot.com Permalink
04/24/08 @ 19:02 Also, many Delphi developers have heard of Chrome so now they will need re-educating. But maybe this is an opportunity to bring more across.
Let's make sure we pronounce the new name right -- is it Oxy-Jen or Oxy-Jean? (I'd say the latter given the final 'e') just like we say Del-fee and not Delf-eye down here.
Richard
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