I've never understood why Java programmers dislike type erasure. In my mind, runtime type inspection is a bad idea for a supposedly statically typed language. I

I've never understood why Java programmers dislike type erasure. In my mind, runtime type inspection is a bad idea for a supposedly statically typed language. It just seems like people are complaining that they can't do something they probably shouldn't be. If there's something you can't do without it then that means Java is poorly designed, not that type erasure is a bad idea.