My understanding is that C# and java differ with respect to generics in some ways, one of which is that generic type parameters are available at runtime in C#/.NET but not in Java. Why did the Java language designers do it this way?
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My understanding is that C# and java differ with respect to generics in some ways, one of which is that generic type parameters are available at runtime in C#/.NET but not in Java. Why did the Java language designers do it this way?
To allow binary compatibility with pre-generics bytecode, therefore allowing new code to interface with old code.
From the Type Erasure page of The Java Tutorials:
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