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On 8/20/2024 8:29 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 

I stopped working with Java almost a decade ago. (it coincided with
my retirement when I no longer had to do work for others!)
But, here goes....

> 
> At times, Java itself seems to "feel" like it has been designed by theorists
> with little real-world experience. 

What makes you think it wasn't?  Kinda like Ada.  The USAF came up
with an idea because they needed it for their jets.  Others got
involved resulting in a product that no longer met their needs.
DOD mandated Ada usage.  The USAF said no thank you and went back
to Jovial.  :-)

>                                     All the classes-upon-classes when doing
> I/O come to mind here.
> 
> And BTW, Java, is it .size() or .length() ??? Pick one and stick with it
> when you design your classes. :-(
> 

To me size and length are not the same thing.  Strings have length.
Data types, pointers and the like have size.  Anything trying to
make the two interchangeable is just wrong.  :-)

bill