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Post #66,884
by ChrisR
12/5/02 11:13:35 AM
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New Java gravitating towards C#?
All the features cited are merely copying nicety features from C#. Autoboxing is the automatic encapsulation (de-encapsulation) of primitive types into object types (vice-versa) when required. It's always been a pain in Java to have collections of primitives, since the primitives have to be boxed in terms of their related Class Type:

Integer i = new Integer(123);
int j = i.intValue();

Boxing tries to obviate the need for explicit casting, so that you can write:

Integer i = 123;
int j = i;
Post #66,890
by deSitter
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12/5/02 11:31:51 AM
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New Re: Java gravitating towards C#?
That's a horrible idea - the return of the implicit cast in a way.
-drl
     Java - a baby step towards Smalltalk -a giant leap towards C - (tuberculosis) - (25) - Dec. 5, 2002, 05:43:17 AM EST
         Re: Java - a baby step towards Smalltalk -a giant leap - (deSitter) - (3) - Dec. 5, 2002, 09:55:51 AM EST
             Read the link - (tseliot) - Dec. 5, 2002, 11:12:52 AM EST
             Java gravitating towards C#? - (ChrisR) - (1) - Dec. 5, 2002, 11:13:35 AM EST
                 Re: Java gravitating towards C#? - (deSitter) - Dec. 5, 2002, 11:31:51 AM EST
         They won't admit they were wrong - (bluke) - (19) - Dec. 5, 2002, 11:00:34 AM EST
             I had a "discussion" with a C++ programmer - (admin) - (11) - Dec. 5, 2002, 11:02:36 AM EST
                 Re: I had a "discussion" with a C++ programmer - (tuberculosis) - (10) - Dec. 5, 2002, 01:42:49 PM EST
                     Re: I had a "discussion" with a C++ programmer - (neelk) - (9) - Dec. 9, 2002, 09:40:00 AM EST
                         Roll your own... - (ChrisR) - (8) - Dec. 9, 2002, 05:34:17 PM EST
                             Interesting summary - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 9, 2002, 06:55:04 PM EST
                             Needle... - (neelk) - (6) - Dec. 10, 2002, 08:34:03 AM EST
                                 What is the underlying motivation? - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Dec. 10, 2002, 01:22:39 PM EST
                                     Re: What is the underlying motivation? - (neelk) - (4) - Dec. 10, 2002, 04:46:58 PM EST
                                         Suggestion... - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 10, 2002, 08:47:27 PM EST
                                         Have fun - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2002, 03:18:27 AM EST
                                             Re: Have fun - (neelk) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2002, 09:41:19 AM EST
                                                 Sounds cool - compare it to Strongtalk? - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 11, 2002, 09:55:29 AM EST
             I'd like to see it. - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Dec. 5, 2002, 01:32:53 PM EST
                 Some shortcomings of primitives - (bluke) - (3) - Dec. 8, 2002, 07:39:19 AM EST
                     Yep, seen all those. - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 9, 2002, 05:24:46 AM EST
                         Unfortunately people like Gosling ... - (bluke) - Dec. 9, 2002, 09:47:58 AM EST
                         Heh. There's a reason for that. - (tseliot) - Dec. 9, 2002, 11:35:23 AM EST
             Java 1 wasn't *that* bad - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2002, 05:44:29 PM EST
                 Wasn't bad??? - (bluke) - Dec. 11, 2002, 03:39:26 AM EST
         The Java-Language-Design Research Algorithm, Unleashed - (bluke) - Dec. 7, 2002, 03:38:04 PM EST

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