Is there a legitimate complaint about the Java 8 virtual defender methods? That seems like a great enhancement. I haven't heard any objections.
I understand that people will complain about everything. But with the Option/flatMap/iteration issue, there is a very specific, technical, articulate, well reasoned and widespread objection. That makes it quite different. Sure, there is choice in languages, but that is a lame response. If there is still a community that cares, they should speak up. I will probably migrate from Java towards Scala whether they fix small ticket items like this or not. I would still like to see the flagship JVM language move in the right direction. On Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:39:21 AM UTC-5, Simon Ochsenreither wrote: > > We can only assume that they already considered it, looked at > code-examples and maybe decided that this is not the way they want people > to write code (similar to Guava). > > This wouldn't be too bad in many languages, but even Java's planned > extension methods are designed in a way which prevents people who disagree > from fixing it. > > In the end, different languages have different attitudes towards their > users, which can range from “They are stupid and need constant shepherding” > to “They know what they are doing, get out of their way”. > Thankfully, there are plenty of languages to choose from. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/ZNq_cgjE_UgJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
