tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189811149336712938.post5098916470776362396..comments2008-07-08T10:52:40.427-07:00Yuen-Chi Lianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00962882447601829374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189811149336712938.post-89146078495036404872008-07-08T09:20:00.000-07:002008-07-08T09:20:00.000-07:00Generics are a good idea IMO but one that seems to be poorly implemented in mainstream languages (think C++ STL and now Java). I'm with Cakes in that I tend to use them for Collections since that usage is intuitive and perhaps left over from my not-so-fun days as a C++ loser. <BR/><BR/>Now that we're doing more Groovy these days at my company I've stopped thinking as much about types although I do miss the quality tooling that static typing can bring.Sooyounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02856305235432641508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189811149336712938.post-49606205051879721532008-07-07T20:54:00.000-07:002008-07-07T20:54:00.000-07:00Use the right tools for the right ...<BR/><BR/>Jayway's guys are bloody cutting edge.<BR/><BR/>Anyway I only use generics for collections, like Bernie haven't found the need for Generic use in all my code.<BR/><BR/>But then again I'm using more and more Groovy instead of Java so I don't the much use of java at all in my codes.<BR/> :-DSeymour Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257037423143802963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189811149336712938.post-4473599937938752562008-07-07T18:26:00.000-07:002008-07-07T18:26:00.000-07:00Hi Bernie,<BR/><BR/>I am new to generics too, as in, I didn't use it in my past projects as they're all required to be workable with 1.4.<BR/><BR/>The Jayway's guys must be using generics a lot, judging from how many annotations used in Qi4J. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I have a short discussion in the JUG:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/myjug/message/7585" REL="nofollow">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/myjug/message/7585</A><BR/><BR/>ycYuen-Chi Lianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00962882447601829374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189811149336712938.post-17185876278615208042008-07-07T07:42:00.000-07:002008-07-07T07:42:00.000-07:00YC, I don't know if I'm old school or something but I actually have not found Generics to be awfully useful. Or put it this way - I've got by until now without touching Generics and I can't bring myself to use it extensively.<BR/><BR/>If you do have some sort of revelation, do share ;)Berniewww.bernie.net.mynoreply@blogger.com