Comments on: almost everything is an Object http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2005/01/almost-everything-is-an-object/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2005/01/almost-everything-is-an-object/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Chris Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:01:26 +0000 /?p=47#comment-1047 <blockquote>One not very graceful aspect of Java: everything is an Object, except for things that aren’t.</blockquote> Yeah. JWZ beat you to the speculation, I'm afraid; it's a recurring theme in his <a href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/java.html">Why Java Sucks</a> rant: <blockquote>This ``integers aren't objects'' nonsense really pisses me off. Why did they do that? Is the answer as lame as, ``we wanted the `int' type to be 32 bits instead of 31''? (You only really need one bit of type on the pointer if you don't need small conses, after all.)</blockquote> - C.

One not very graceful aspect of Java: everything is an Object, except for things that aren’t.

Yeah. JWZ beat you to the speculation, I’m afraid; it’s a recurring theme in his Why Java Sucks rant:

This “integers aren’t objects” nonsense really pisses me off. Why did they do that? Is the answer as lame as, “we wanted the `int’ type to be 32 bits instead of 31”? (You only really need one bit of type on the pointer if you don’t need small conses, after all.)

- C.

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