Re: Java 5 planning
Tatu Saloranta <[email protected]>
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--- Mattias Jiderhamn <[email protected]> wrote: ... > more than 3 years now. If a user notices the lack of > generics support > they may think "Hey, this piece of software probably > haven't been > maintained in years, so I better look for something > newer that's still > being maintained". (And I believe most people will > not bother checking > the mailing list) Color me snobby elitist, but I'm not sure I would mind losing such potential users... Realistically though I think it's all about momentum and inertia: big user bases tend to persist (witness popularity of, say, Axis 1 and Struts 1). Most popular translates to "best 'cause everyone's using it" in human mind. It's ok to want genericsification "just because", I just don't think there are particularly strong or compelling reasons either way. -+ Tatu +- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ To control your jdom-interest membership: http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/[email protected]