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0 pointsRivieraKid6y ago0 comments

> I'm also not sure why in OOP-land, generics are this crazy experimental weird feature

It's not, it's an essential, basic feature.

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I’d say in Java they’re still not quite there, being implemented via compile-time type erasure and runtime type-assertions.

notus6y ago

Depends who you ask I guess

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0 pointsRivieraKid6y ago0 comments

> I'm also not sure why in OOP-land, generics are this crazy experimental weird feature

It's not, it's an essential, basic feature.

darkr6y ago

I’d say in Java they’re still not quite there, being implemented via compile-time type erasure and runtime type-assertions.

notus6y ago

Depends who you ask I guess

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