Please, "enterprise" customers run their stuff on old runtimes anyway,
as it's the only way to truly ensure compatibility. Even the smallest
change no test-kit can guard against (i.e. default localization
pattern changing from Java 1.5 to 1.6) can cause havoc.
Java 1.4 survived much longer than it should, in any case since about
one year all the "enterprise" customers I deal with run on Java 6.
Non-reified generics would have been an excellent solution for keeping
them with 1.4 still today and have much more painful headaches than
those with generics.
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Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager
Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere."
java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people
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