> not to mention the really shitty support for generics in Java, designed probably by sado-masochists Ironically, Martin Odersy, creator of Scala, is one of th

> not to mention the really shitty support for generics in Java, designed probably by sado-masochists Ironically, Martin Odersy, creator of Scala, is one of the core people behind Java Generics [0] EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm a huge Scala fan, and understand Odersky had constraints and compromises to do on Java, which I think is probably one of the reasons he went on to create Scala. [0] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Odersky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Odersky