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I basically agree with almost everything you wrote here and in the other long one you posted replying to me up thread.

But I downvoted you because this has almost nothing to do with ootachi's comment about the realities that the designers of generics had to cope with. You're just regurgitating the same criticisms that has been leveled against Java for years.



It has a answer to ootachi's comment.

>>What choice did they have?

The only choice Oracle has is to invest in Java in areas that is going to help them sell their products.

That is the only choice Oracle has.


> It has a answer to ootachi's comment.

ootachi was was referring to the designers of Java generics, who were working sometime before Java 1.5 was released in 2004, long before Oracle bought Sun.




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