While I have no opinion on the the proposed "alternative" I think he is right in one case.
The popularity is in no way a measurement of quality and the JDK suffers pretty much from the approach of throwing things into it which are "good enough", but not "the best thing possible". While often "good enough" is the best approach, it is not acceptable for a standard library. Bye, Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/aRK7s1b2hVoJ. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@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.
