I think you are underestimating the indirect effect that generics have had on your code, even if you don't use them directly yourself. Thanks to generics, mill

I think you are underestimating the indirect effect that generics have had on your code, even if you don't use them directly yourself. Thanks to generics, millions of lines of code in libraries that you are using became safer and faster, and you are benefiting from this, even if it's not apparent to you. Basically, generics made Java a better and safer language. Both theoretically and practically.