Generic types propsal

Maksim Lin maksim at swin.edu.au
Mon Apr 26 18:02:20 PDT 1999


Maxim Kizub wrote:
> 
> Archie Cobbs wrote:
> >
> > FYI-
> >
> >   http://developer.javasoft.com/developer/jcp/jsr_014_gener.html
> >
> > Proposal to "Add Generic Types To The Java Programming Language"
> > You need developer access.
> >
> 
> I remember, someone (not you, Archie) said me - he likes
> Java because of it's simplicuty and because it does
> not have parametriezed types, closures and other
> features like this...
> 
> BTW, can we back to my patches, when Sun comes
> closer to this feature's implementation?
> 
> PS Maybe, kaffe core team should rethink and
> decide to no stay in Sun's tail all the time... ;-)
> 
> Regards
>   Maxim Kizub

Yes but just because Suns says it should be so doesn't mean it's a good
idea.  I for one would prefer NOT to have generic stuff - apart from
containers I still don't see where it would make my life easier using
java.

Anyways, there is plenty of other stuff to work on and worry about in
kaffe at the moment.

Maksim.
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