Java Oddities
This talk is meant to be both fun and informative. We'll first explore some Java language design curiosities that will certainly make you smile. We'll then describe the purpose of certain Java features and how they are actually used in practice (which can surprisingly diverge!).
Topics covered include:
- Array declarations & initializers
- Covariant arrays: type exceptions in a statically typed language
- Dangerous method overloading
- Method overloading for default values
- Conditional expression type resolution
- Generics: < F,U,N >
- Wildcards: < ? >
We'll conclude by describing a project at the university of Cambridge that aims to provide tools for language designers to help them improve programming languages.
Find out more about Raoul via his website!
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Java Oddities
Raoul-Gabriel Urma
Raoul-Gabriel Urma is CEO and co-founder of Cambridge Spark, a leading learning community for data scientists and developers in the UK, as well as chairman and co-founder of Cambridge Coding Academy, a growing community of young coders and pre-university students. He is author of 'Java 8 in Action: Lambdas, Streams, and functional-style programming'.
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About the Speaker
Java Oddities
Raoul-Gabriel Urma
Raoul-Gabriel Urma is CEO and co-founder of Cambridge Spark, a leading learning community for data scientists and developers in the UK, as well as chairman and co-founder of Cambridge Coding Academy, a growing community of young coders and pre-university students. He is author of 'Java 8 in Action: Lambdas, Streams, and functional-style programming'.