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From: Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com>
Subject: Re: no more primitive data types in Java (JDK 10+). What do you think?
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Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote:
> 
> How sizeable is this sadly mistaken minority?
> 
> If they all thought the world were flat, would that make them correct?

Language isn't defined by an objective physical reality, though, but
by usage -- which is why "awful" and "awesome" today have opposite
meanings.
 
-- 
Leif Roar Moldskred