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Re: Java vs C++

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On 05-02-2011 21:26, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<4d4d6002$0$23763$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 05-02-2011 07:24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> In message<MPG.27b75a6e94bcbb39989e33@news.t-com.hr>, Pitch wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have always missed generics concept in languages that did not have it,
>>>> and I had never worked in C++. :))
>>>
>>> Try Python. Has no generics, and doesn’t need them.
>>
>> Generics are not particular useful in dynamic typed
>> languages.
>>
>> But since Java is static typed, then not so relevant
>> for Java.
>
> Java starts out with static typing, then devotes an awful lot of effort to
> wiggling its way out of that. Look at “unchecked conversions”, for example.
>
> Wouldn’t it be simpler not to pretend in the first place?

????

I think unchecked conversion is a static typed features as well.

Arne

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