Python less error-prone than Java

[Neil Hodgson]

Alan Morgan wrote:

> Since Java doesn't allow function overloading that clearly can't be
> the way.  J2SE 5.0 allows generic classes and functions that operate
> on generic containers.  There are some gotchas, but it's not drastically
> more complex than the original int-only java code.

    Doesn't Java restrict generics to only operate on reference types so 
you can't produce a generic binary search that operates on arrays where 
the item type may be int?

    Neil