On 18 September 2010 09:22, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm not sure why you find this so important. Why is "a.name = foo" so > much nicer than "a.setName(foo)"? Doesn't this entire line of arguing > boil down to: I get annoyed having to manually write "getX" and "setX" > methods? Speaking personally, no, I get annoyed having to manually *read* them. The first form really is much easier. > In which case, sure, but if solving that problem makes one a > higher level than java, then java+lombok is higher level, I guess. Of course it is, it removes the manual task of maintaining accessors, constructors, and equality/hashcode methods. Thus making a trivial detail invisible/automated. > I'm not sure thats a particularly convenient definitoin for "higher level > language" It's your own definition :) > then just about any feature of any kind means "higher > level". We'd need a billion levels. I tend to see level as existing on a continuum, so there are no distinct levels. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
