Why wait? Because back in the real world, people still barely trust JDK 1.4 for deployment of mission critical apps. Again, I'd like to add my vote to the 'get it working perfectly first, then add every single pointless feature requested (and put it on a toggle)' crowd.
On 10/4/02 5:38 pm, "Roman Elizarov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > >> Generics are *the* Java-feature, I'm waiting for. >> >> But I would like IntelliJ to support the /current/ Java version (1.3 and >> 1.4) and wait until SUN releases Java 1.5. > > Why wait? It is THE feature many people are waiting for (it is THE > most voted feature in the Java feature request list). > > Moreover, the generics-supporting compilers for both JRE 1.3 and JRE > 1.4 are available (on JSR-14 pages). The only reason I'm not using it > - there's no IDE with generics support. Why not make IDEA to be THE > one? Is this so hard? > > And benefits to the developer productivity ARE immence. It is not the > silver bullet, of course, but it really improves code clarity, makes > it more self-documenting and concise. It is the feature you cannot > wait to use. The more you wait, the more time you waste. > > Sincerely, > ____________________________________________________________ > Roman Elizarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Octet Corporation) > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
