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From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
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Subject: no more primitive data types in Java (JDK 10+). What do you think?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:27:43 -0500
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According to

"To Java SE 8, and Beyond! Simon Ritter Technology Evangelist, Oracle"

(Google the string "To Java SE 8 and Beyond!" and click on
the PDF file, about the 5th link down the page)

On page 42, it says:

    "Unified type system (JDK 10+)
     No more primitives, make everything objects"

I've seen very little discussion on this very important
subject.

What do the experts here think of the idea?

For me, and I am no expert, I think it will be good to have
a consistent type model (everything is an object), but I am
worried that the performance will take a hit (computational finite
elements methods, large meshes, etc...), unless PC's and computers
will become 1000 times faster by the time JDK 10+ comes in few years
from now, which might be possible.

Any one knows more information about this item?
Any truth to it? Do you think it will really happen?

--Nasser