Nicolai Parlog • 2/11/2021

Java's Quirks and Wrong (?) Defaults with Brian Goetz

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In a discussion with Brian Goetz, Java's design quirks and potentially wrong defaults are explored. Topics include issues with serialization, null as a type system hole, strict mode trade-offs, nominal vs. structural typing, primitives, and compatibility decisions, analyzing why these problems exist and what could have been done differently.

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