I agree but if we're comparing Java to Perl, type erasure is only slightly hacky compared to the whole 'bless' thing. Funnily enough, they're both examples of

I agree but if we're comparing Java to Perl, type erasure is only slightly hacky compared to the whole 'bless' thing. Funnily enough, they're both examples of the same problem, stitching new features onto a language that was not at all prepared for them.