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Because once a feature is introduced it needs to be supported for eternity, every feature has to do with backwards compat. The language designers need to make s
by vips7L 7y ago
Because once a feature is introduced it needs to be supported for eternity, every feature has to do with backwards compat. The language designers need to make sure the features are exactly what we want and need before introducing something half baked.
- vbezhenar 7y agoThey failed few times (checked exceptions, raw types, plenty of JDK classes like Vector, Date, LinkedList and so on) yet we survived.