Check out James Strachan's blog where he has links to a whole bunch of new Java features coming for version 1.5 of the JDK. Now that C# has lit a fire under Java's ass, they're moving forward.
Also check out this post on LtU. They have this bit I didn't realize:
An automatic conversion from primitive types to their corresponding reference type wrappers. This conversion facilitates the integration of generics into the language, and reduces inessential clutter.
Thank God!
Also, they took a hint from Ruby:
Enhanced for loops allow convenient iteration over collections, without the need for an explicitly defined iterator. This reduces the need for boilerplate iteration code and the corresponding opportunities for errors.
Thursday, December 5, 2002
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