Sounds like you're actually just mad that it didn't have generics from the beginning. That horse has been beaten to death for years. I don't think it's fair th

Sounds like you're actually just mad that it didn't have generics from the beginning. That horse has been beaten to death for years. I don't think it's fair though to characterize different points on a tradeoff curve as "stupid". If you're mad that you're forced to use a language with inappropriate tradeoffs for your context, then the right person to blame would be whoever picked it for your project to begin with.