Women in Technology  Hear us Roar    10 Reasons We Need Java 3.0
Subject:   I agree, when's it coming out? Date:   2002-08-07
12:37:19 From:   cbare I agree with the author's point about the
need for Java (or any technology) to evolve and adapt, and
occasionally break with the past. Look how far they're going
with Perl6. In specific, Threads and AWT/Swing are especially in
need of attention.  I've always wondered why java doesn't have
an IntegerOverflowException or some means of informing you that
your data has just overstepped the range of your data type.
Also, I think it would be nifty to inherit constructors from
base classes by default. Why bother typing something like this:
class Whatever extends BaseWhatever public Whatever( String
param1, int param2 ) super( param1, param2 );    Full Threads
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when's it coming out?     2003-09-27 12:37:01  anonymous2 [View]
err.... sorry I don't agree      sometimes the point of
extending is to disable