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 These guys are out of touch:
Quote: With Safety-Critical Java, the platform would be better fitted to work in secure real-time systems with stringent requirements, such as in aerospace, military, or automotive applications. Work in this vein shows the new areas where Java is going, as well as the longevity of Java, Evans said. The Safety-Critical Java effort is driven by a consortium led by the Open Group.
The stringent requirements differ wildly between those fields, and the most fundamental requirement is deterministic behavior with respect to time. This is on the order of micro-seconds. Forget exceptions, they are out the window.
C++ has had a hard enough time getting recognized as being as capable and reliable as C for these types of uses. One of the primary restrictions is the use of the run-time libraries. Again, this relates to the JSF++ standards created by Lockheed Martin. Just following these standards will not make your program automatically quality for Safety-Critical usage.
Anyone interested in what it takes to have a Aeronautical Safety-Critical application approved by the FAA, look up the specification for DO-178B.
Based on the Kona link at the end of the article, this shines some light on the previous statement:
Quote: Oracle and, lately, the Eclipse Foundation have been promoting Java's usage in the Internet of things, which could potentially enable billions of devices ranging from refrigerators to TVs to cars. But Java faces myriad competition, with platforms like Google's Java-based Android, Microsoft's Windows Embedded, and Apple iOS in the mix.
Microsoft talks about Windows Embedded as a real-time OS. However, it has only been able to break into the auto-industry to collect and report data. The auto industry is guided by the MISRA standards.
All of these OSes have quite a way to go before I would want a JAVA app to be inline when I want to slam on the brakes in my car and it is stalled because of some internal runtime activity.
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Yeah, I know nothing about this version they are touting, so I was giving the benefit of the doubt that the GC would be removed or handled in some creative way.
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Paul M Watt wrote: GC would be removed
That would be a huge semantic change. There's nothing in the language to do deterministic memory collection.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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The creator of the Linux kernel and Git has said that security issues should be publicly disclosed, not swept under the rug where vendors can leave them unsolved for years. Isn't that the point of open source?
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Everyone who is part of an organization — a company, a nonprofit, a condo board — has experienced the pathologies that can occur when human beings try to work together in groups. "None of us is as dumb as all of us"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "None of us is as dumb as all of us"
You nailed it!
Group-think! Ugh!
Obviously it's a good idea to gather good ideas, but nothing good is ever created by committee. Nothing.
Yes, I said nothing. 
Except maybe a spell checker.
2nd edit. wait I correctly spelled committee. So I stand by my original quote. Nothing good is ever created by committee. Not even spell checkers.
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Yup, totally stolen.
Those folk are genius. Ineptitude[^] is right above my screen, trying (in vain) to improve me.
TTFN - Kent
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Here's Another[^]
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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LOL
I love it!
I've never seen it presented like that before.
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You just identified one of the reasons I like to be a consultant -- it offers some measure of distance between me and "the team."
Marc
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Keeping a smartphone charged is a problem that has evaded researchers and the public in general for a number of years. As phones have gotten bigger and internals have become more power-hungry, living away from the power-socket has become a more unrealistic prospect with every passing month. No, Mr. Bond. I want you to energize.
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Sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft Research wants to charge your phone with lasers
This will work well for me, because I can shoot lasers out of my eyes.
It tooks years of practice and lots of headaches.
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The tech world is abuzz with interesting possibilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) lately, but regular folks haven’t caught up yet. Why the enthusiasm gap? Oh, you know. Things.
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Maybe because no one asked for it? 
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You didn't ask for your fridge to communicate directly with all local grocery stores? Luddite.
I know people have posted in other threads that IoT makes sense for industrial (non-consumer) scenarios, but we've always had that. We just called it embedded computing.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: your fridge
Came with the apartment. And it's pretty old; it ought to call the dump to be hauled away.
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[1] Improvement to quality of life is too marginal
[2] It is not a norm that manufacturers of home appliances expose the control interface through Wifi/Bluetooth/Zigbee/ZWave
[3] Security is also an issue. The kid next door may be adding too much sugar to your coffee.
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Reality.
If you are to buy a new appliance, would you pay $100 more for some feature that requires compatibility with all some other appliances?
Show me a use-case where I would want to spend the money.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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For me there are different reasons.
1) Not all of us are in America.
By this I mean that many nations don't have widespread broadband Internet access, for example in order to have an Internet connection where I live it took me 8 years - I got the connection in 2014. Before I had to use GB-limited HSDPA pendrives, which were limited to GPRS speed due to low area coverage. Imagine a house connected at 20 kbps...
2) Privacy.
Maybe, I say maybe, I would like to be one of the few to know what's in my fridge. I'm not braindead enough to not know how to take care of my groceries. And why should I have a connected laundry-washer? It just doesn't make sense.
On this matter I recently bought a high-end BlueRay player and it automatically connects to my wifi - at least, it tries, since I removed the connection parameters. I decide when and how it should connect.
3) Usefulness.
They have none. Maybe the connected air-conditioner can be useful, but not enough to have security issues and spending good money on it.
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I would prefer things ("hardware") with ability to run some of universal script, and also open API on what it can do (with library included). It would have some default options (factory settings) available for people who like it as it is. But it might be moddable by Internet modders (or me.. programmer) to create all kinds of crazy things. Like to turn on lights when clocks turn certain time in the morning and also start coffee machine if some conditions are fulfilled. Programmable open hardware. These preprogrammed one function (or choice of few usually completely useless or boring) supposedly "smart" things are not for me. I want to program (and debug) my home completely. It would be so much fun.. .. for me at least. 
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