[OT] Java generics

[Kushal Kumaran]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Tim Delaney
> <timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I also wouldn't describe Java as a
>> "perfectly good language" - it is at best a compromise language that just
>> happened to be heavily promoted and accepted at the right time.
>>
>> Python is *much* closer to my idea of a perfectly good language.
>
> "Java" was originally four related, but separate, concepts: a source
> language, a bytecode, a sandboxing system, and one other that I can't
> now remember.
>
> <snip>

The included standard library.

I read Jamie Zawinski making this distinction in his rant at
https://www.jwz.org/doc/java.html

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regards,
kushal