The release of Java 5 was widely hailed by Sun and through the tech world, but one programmer sees evidence of 'feature creep' posing problems for Java coders.
declare the changes made to the language are something of a failure. In his blog post about the Java 5 language, Almog discussed features and the issues they can pose to the diligent programmer. He has received some pushback from posters at the I'm afraid that people assuming that Java 5 is a great success would want this carried on for every pet feature they want pushed into Java. One person who disagreed pointed out that the changes in Java 5 have made the code cleaner, and that Java needs these changes to remain relevant to programmers. Another considered Almog's points as straw-man arguments, stated as absolutes when they are actually grey areas in Java 5. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.Java 5 Features Provoke Dissent
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