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by seanmcdirmid 4402 days ago
No. If you don't use generics in Java, you get the same memory footprint of not using generics (or since it doesn't have type parameters, using any) in Go. So the author is making an unfair apples-oranges comparison when the apples-apples comparison is quite obvious: one can write an int-list in Java just as easily as they can in Go.

Frankly, this is just strong intellectual dishonesty.
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stcredzero 4402 days ago
Frankly, this is just strong intellectual dishonesty.

If you're going to harp on rigor, then you need to consider then eliminate the prospect of an honest mistake.

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seanmcdirmid 4402 days ago
Intellectual dishonesty doesn't mean lying, it could just mean "honest mistakes" that fail to apply proper reasoning and comparisons.
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stcredzero 4401 days ago
Right now, you seem to be making an "honest mistake" with my referents. You seem (atypically) weirdly consistent with such honest mistakes in these threads. What is the lie, exactly?
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