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Why is Java boolean primitive type name not 'bool'?
Java has
int and Integer
boolean and Boolean
This seems a bit inconsistent, why not either
bool vs Boolean to use an established shorter name for primitive type?
or
integer vs Integer to ...
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4answers
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Why is Java version 1.X referred to as Java X?
I saw that Java 1.2 is also known as Java 2. Do "Java 1.x" and "Java x" (for example "Java 1.6" and "Java 6") refer to the same version of Java?
And if yes, why the need for this duality?
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Why does Java have a “bad rap” [closed]
I hear a lot of people speak poorly of Java, especially the ones coming from C/C++. Is there a historical reason why? Is it because it used to be machines were too slow to run the JVM without lag?
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Why a static main method in Java and C#, rather than a constructor?
Looking for a definitive answer from a primary or secondary source for why did (notably) Java and C# decide to have a static method as their entry point – rather than representing an application ...
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2answers
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Why has the accessor methods from the JavaBean specification become the standard for Java development?
The JavaBeans Specification describes a JavaBean as
A Java Bean is a reusable software component that can be manipulated visually
in a builder tool
Since the majority of the lines of code ...
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3answers
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What were the “core” API packages of Java 1.0?
Reading about the Google v Oracle case, I came across these questions (apparently from the presiding Judge)
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Is it agreed that the following is true, at least as of 1996?
The following ...
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2answers
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Reasons for the build-technological fork between Java and UNIX/C/Fortran
When Java was developed, it's designers chose to discard an unusual amount of the conventional wisdom established in the UNIX and C oriented toolchains. For one (and in my view) the most major ...
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5answers
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Java without implementation inheritance
In a recent video on Java, Joshua Bloch states at 4 minutes 20 seconds into the video:
And then there's inheritance, and that was a marketing necessity. You know, we can argue whether you really ...
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3answers
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In what specific ways did Pascal and or Delphi influence Java?
I was reading in the side bar of the Java language wiki page and it says it was influenced by Pascal and Delphi.
this isn't the fact anymore, there are no references to Delphi on the entire referenced ...
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7answers
987 views
What was Java enterprise programming like before Eclipse?
I'm your standard Java/Oracle developer at a large software firm and Eclipse 3.6 is what I spend most of day in. Java is incredibly verbose and that can be painful (but we don't need another blog post ...
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Are Java's public fields just a tragic historical design flaw at this point?
It seems to be Java orthodoxy at this point that one should basically never use public fields for object state. (I don't necessarily agree, but that's not relevant to my question.) Given that, would ...
