Comments on: Java 7 Roundup (Apr 18th) http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/ Alex Miller's technical blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:36:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Alex http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/#comment-2779 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:49:50 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/#comment-2779 Patrick, I think you're correct. The section on my Java 7 page is actually labeled "short instance creation" which I think gets at the "less typing" angle of it more directly. Patrick, I think you’re correct. The section on my Java 7 page is actually labeled “short instance creation” which I think gets at the “less typing” angle of it more directly.

]]> by: Patrick Wright http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/#comment-2777 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:21:50 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/#comment-2777 The issue type inference is trying to address (I believe) doesn't have to do with strong typing but with too much typing :), for example, Map m = new HashMap();. That repetition buys me (almost) nothing, except by informing me I am declaring a specific interface implemented by a specific class--other than that, there's a lot of duplication that is just clutter. I think reducing the (unnecessary) clutter is the goal here. Thanks for the roundup! Patrick The issue type inference is trying to address (I believe) doesn’t have to do with strong typing but with too much typing :), for example, Map m = new HashMap();. That repetition buys me (almost) nothing, except by informing me I am declaring a specific interface implemented by a specific class–other than that, there’s a lot of duplication that is just clutter. I think reducing the (unnecessary) clutter is the goal here. Thanks for the roundup! Patrick

]]> by: Masklinn http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/#comment-2724 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:58:09 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/04/18/java-roundup-11/#comment-2724 > Java is strongly typed and that’s ok. Type inference is a feature of strongly, statically typed languages god damn it, you can't have type inference in a weakly typed language (à la C, or PHP) nor can you have type inference in a dynamically typed language (à la Python, or Ruby)! > Java is strongly typed and that’s ok.

Type inference is a feature of strongly, statically typed languages god damn it, you can’t have type inference in a weakly typed language (à la C, or PHP) nor can you have type inference in a dynamically typed language (à la Python, or Ruby)!

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