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Filing in the holes is nice, but without actually making it a design choice java embodies TMTOWTDI more than perl ever did. For many common tasks there are 5 o
by bradleyjg 13y ago
Filing in the holes is nice, but without actually making it a design choice java embodies TMTOWTDI more than perl ever did.
For many common tasks there are 5 or 6 different standard library calls that seem to do the same thing, but 4 of them are to be avoided at all cost, but there's no depreciation tag and the official javadocs don't contain any pointers to the newer classes.
- cgh 13y agoCan you give some examples of standard library calls that are to be avoided at all costs but aren't @deprecated? Curious to know if I'm guilty of using them.
- peterashford 13y agoOh rubbish. What utter FUD.
- tsotha 13y agoThis just isn't true.