3 ms·Java didn't have generics until version 5. They were added 8 years later.by takeda 5y agoJava didn't have generics until version 5. They were added 8 years later.masklinn 5y agoc# was also released without generics, they wanted it out the door and the generics were not ready. They landed in 2.0.int_19h 5y agoJava didn't have user-defined generics, but it did have parametrized builtin types: arrays. Same thing for C#.