> Pre-generics Java is about the appropriate amount of language complexity for our current lingua franca I am not sure to whom you are referencing as being "ou

> Pre-generics Java is about the appropriate amount of language complexity for our current lingua franca I am not sure to whom you are referencing as being "our", so I can only say I disagree as there are many developers which are quite adept in languages having more complexity than "pre-generics Java." Perhaps you meant to reply to a different comment?