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Okay, then let me tell you what I /can't/ do without. To name a few: hot-swappable classes design by contract re-ified generics closures These are al
by bnoordhuis 16y ago
Okay, then let me tell you what I /can't/ do without. To name a few:
hot-swappable classes
design by contract
re-ified generics
closures
These are all things that have been on developer wishlists for years. Design by contract is the #1 upvoted RFE in SUN's issue tracker, the others are all in the top 20.
But what happens? The guys that can make a difference come together and wank about performance hacks for dynamic languages. The 2% of the user base that actually uses Scala and Clojure will thank you for it, but the other 98% is left out in the cold.