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Summary of JDK1.5 Language Changes

Posted by michael on from the better-faster-stronger-more-caffeine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Over at java.sun.com, there's an informative article about the new features in JDK1.5. Some of the changes like generics are nice and should make some things easier. Some of the enhancements to me are purely sugar, like enumerators. When it comes down to it, once the code is compiled, it's the same. The thing I hope is, some of this new syntactic sugar doesn't result in more obfuscated code. Unlike some people, I feel using programming shorthand leads to increased maintenance. This is especially true when you have to debug a complex application."

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  1. Java 1.5! by knightinshiningarmor · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's .1 crappier than before!

    1. Re:Java 1.5! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
      HA HA! so true...so true; java is shit. no one at sun knows their head from their ass. they didn't learn from the mistakes of pl1. c is useful because it's not bloated with a bunch of useless shit. the memory footprint of your average java program is astounding. i swore off java long ago and have not gone back since - except for routine drive-bys in which i insult and berate those idiots who still employ the shit. fuck java. java: all the power of counting on your fingers.

      oh, fuck france.

  2. Re:Write once, Rewrite forever? by Grievance · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you retarded, or astroturfing? did you bother to read the freaking article? (duh, no.)

    Nothing mentioned in this article should break existing Java code. In fact, the author specifically mentions (regarding 'enhanced for loops') that the designers are avoiding introducing new keywords where possible to preserve compatibility with existing code.