Javari's Reference Immutability

[Hasan Aljudy]

Andrei Khropov wrote:
> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 
> 
>>I think the question is: what's the point?
>>Clearly, Java's lack of const didn't prevent it from the having some of the
>>best libraries there are.
> 
> 
> This doesn't mean Java is superb as a language. It means that Sun just invested
> tons of money in writing Java libraries with lots of features.
> 

It's not just Sun!

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/index.jsp
Compare the C++ version with the Java version.