Wrong enum comparisons

[Era Scarecrow via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 28 May 2012 at 13:47:47 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/28/12 8:19 AM, foobar wrote:
>> See functional languages such as ML for a correct 
>> implementation and also Java 5 Enums (similar but with an OO 
>> flavor).
>
> I've always found it amusing to watch what a kitchen sink Java 
> enumerations have become. It's as if someone said, "so you 
> complain Java doesn't have enum? I'll give you enum!" I think 
> we shouldn't copy that design.

  I could never wrap my head around how the Java Enum/Class was 
suppose to work or why.

  Also couldn't figure why they wouldn't have a simple structure i 
could pass around that held data by itself without creating a 
class from it.