If you don't like this example, you can always find cases where the limitations of the type system (or more specifically Generics) become apparent. This isn't q

If you don't like this example, you can always find cases where the limitations of the type system (or more specifically Generics) become apparent. This isn't quite so obvious during 'normal' application development, but if you start creating libraries or frameworks and you want generic type support, you will run into a wall very quickly.