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I have seen no evidence of that. With that logic, Java programmers would use "Object" instead of "List<String>" because they have fewer characters to type? Thi

I have seen no evidence of that. With that logic, Java programmers would use "Object" instead of "List<String>" because they have fewer characters to type? This makes no sense.

usrusr 11y ago
It makes more sense after you have deliberately weakened the typing of an API because you felt that you were overstretching your co-developers (and/or your own) patience for nested angle brackets. The basic idea is that type inference would shift the sweet spot for the right amount of typing upwards.