On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem is framed in such a way that you think you can prevent > programmers from doing stupid things with checked exceptions. I'm > more interested in designs that promote productive ideas than I am > ones that supposedly protect from bad ones. > Phrasing these two things as mutually exclusive sounds fallacious to me. You enjoy functionalities that protect you from bad things on a regular basis in Java, to the point that you probably don't even remember they're there (no pointer arithmetics, bound checking, garbage collection, etc...). A good language will strive to provide support in both directions: promoting good practices while protecting developers from mistakes that can be easily detected or (even avoided altogether) by tools. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
