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[aspectj-dev] Re: [aspectj-users] A new AspectJ project lead


Firstly, I know that everyone involved in the AspectJ project joins me in thanking Jim for all that he's done leading the technical development of AspectJ. Jim has been described as one of the best compiler writers in the world, but we know he's that and much more besides, We'll miss you, Jim... but not too much, because we're delighted that your involvement in the project continues and we won't let you go easily ;-).

This is a very exciting time for AspectJ and for aspect-orientation in general. Even in the last few months there's been an explosion of interest in AO amongst mainstream commercial and enterprise developers. With a design shaped by a large user base using AspectJ to solve real problems, and a robust implementation (we've successfully compiled systems comprising millions of lines of code using AspectJ 1.1), AspectJ is well positioned to help meet their needs.  If we continue to communicate clearly what AspectJ can do, and to listen carefully to the feedback of our users, I believe this project can achieve something really quite special indeed.


My first contact with AspectJ was towards the back-end of 2000. For me, the concepts clicked the moment I first heard them, and I knew that aop was going to be big. I still remember the thrill of writing my first few aspects and seeing them run - it felt like magic! One of the things I love about this project is getting the chance to sit down with folks and show them AspectJ in action. I see in their reactions that same mix of excitement and enthusiasm that first inspired me.  
Nowadays my time is divided between promoting and demonstrating AspectJ, AOSD, and its application, applying AspectJ to real problems on real projects, and developing the core tools themselves (AspectJ and AJDT). I think that's a healthy (though at times demanding!) mix.

I feel both a great sense of excitement, and a great sense of responsibility, in taking on a leadership role in the next stage of AspectJ's development. I know it's going to be hard work at times, but I also know it's going to be a lot of fun. Let's make history together...


-- Adrian
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I've spent the last 4+ years leading the technical development of AspectJ.  This has been a fun and wild ride.  I remember my first crazy month on this project porting the initial Lisp-based AspectJ-0.2 compiler to produce the Java-based AspectJ-0.3 compiler.  We've come a long way from that early prototype used only by a few software-development researchers to the solid AspectJ-1.0 and AspectJ-1.1 releases now used for serious commercial development.

The growth of the community and the technology means that the original research and prototype development of AspectJ is complete. As such it is time for ongoing development and support of AspectJ to move outside of PARC. The project's move to eclipse.org was one important step in this transition.  When we made that move I accepted the position of "interim project lead" to maintain continuity while finishing the 1.1 release.  I knew that we would need to find new leadership outside of PARC to drive the work of building and maintaining a platform for large scale commercial deployment.

I've talked with many people about who should replace me as project lead and almost everyone said the same thing, "Adrian Colyer would be my obvious choice if only he has the time to do the job."  Well, I'm thrilled to announce that Adrian believes he has the time and has accepted the position of AspectJ project lead with the unanimous approval of both the eclipse technology PMC and all the committers on the AspectJ project.

I can't think of anyone I would be happier passing on this position to.  Adrian has extremely strong technical and management abilities demonstrated in both commercial and open source projects.  Perhaps more importantly, he really gets the idea of AOP and AspectJ and can clearly articulate its value to a broad range of people.  I'm excited to see where this project will go under Adrian's leadership.

Although I'm reducing the scope of my involvement in this project, I plan to remain a committer who can fix critical compiler bugs, address important architectural issues and help new contributors learn their way around the compiler code.

Thanks and keep in touch,
Jim Hugunin
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