https://wiki.jvmlangsummit.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=JohnmJVMLangSummit - User contributions [en]2026-06-09T02:57:13ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.0https://wiki.jvmlangsummit.com/index.php?title=2008_LightningTalks&diff=942008 LightningTalks2008-09-25T18:06:18Z<p>Johnm: </p>
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<div>Lightning talks are held in the afternoon (~16:30-17:30).<br />
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{| border="1"<br />
!Title<br />
!Presenter<br />
!Time & Place<br />
!Audience<br />
!Summary<br />
|-<br />
|Optimizing for Agility<br />
|Stuart Halloway<br />
|Day One, 4:30?<br />
|People who prioritize developer performance over language performance<br />
|Agility requires smooth adaptation to change. With multiple JVM languages to choose from, you should pick an agile language for most dev, and drop to a performant language occasionally. I'll tell you which is which. :-)<br />
|-<br />
|Language Addicts Anonymous<br />
|John D. Mitchell<br />
|Day Two, 4:45<br />
|Humans and meat-puppets<br />
|As language and platform creators, are we actually attacking and solving the real problems? Or, are we addicted to playing in the same old ghetto? <br />
|}</div>Johnm