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[David Medlock]

Andrew Fedoniouk wrote:

<snip, some great additions to my list>

> Having said that Java has problems of course. It is good for some set of 
> tasks.
> It is not an universal language.
> 
> But it is damned stable. Last 7 years or so it is working as it is.
> 
> 
It is reliable if not ugly.  I still feel like I type too much(both in 
the literal sense and the programming sense).

The generics add nothing useful besides Homogenous collections and 
removal of casts, at the expense of loads of complexity.

At the same time Sun *rejected* Design by Contract proposals for the 
language...disapointing.

I have a lot more fun with Groovy honestly.

-DavidM