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FWIW Java doesn't sacrifice compiler speed for generics, they're entirely erased at compile time which is cheap. What they sacrificed was runtime correctness,

FWIW Java doesn't sacrifice compiler speed for generics, they're entirely erased at compile time which is cheap. What they sacrificed was runtime correctness, because the type erasure lets you sneak invalid types into unsuspecting code. How much of a problem that's caused in the real world is debatable.

inglor 5y ago
Are you sure you are not mixing up runtime impact with compiler speed? In Java generics are still part of the type system and are type checked which is a non trivial part of the compile time increase in generics typically.
- esprehn 5y ago
  Ah yeah, it seems I was...