Suggestion: A wiki page for all answered "Why don't you ...?"

[Deepak Vohra]

Hi Magnus,

I like Java for its imperfections. However, some improvements could help
steer it toward the #1 spot it once held. Please initiate some detail how I
may help, such as peruse the list for potential items to include in such a
list.

Deepak

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 3:28 AM Magnus Ihse Bursie <
magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> wrote:

> I've been lurking in this list for quite some while. It's very
> interesting too see all creative proposal, and always very refreshing to
> read the well-formulated replies (often by Brian, but many others
> contribute as well) on why this-or-that is not feasible.
>
> I think the list archive contains a treasure trove of information about
> possible language features and ways Java development could have gone,
> but did not -- and with good explanations of why that was not as good
> idea as it looked in the first place.
>
> However, this treasure is hard to find. If you follow the list, you see
> it pop up from time to time, but if you don't, there is no easy way to
> get to this. This tend to lead to some popular ideas being suggested
> over and over again (perhaps not as much here, as on other channels,
> like Reddit).
>
> I think it would be great if these suggestion, together with the
> reasoning provided for not implementing it, were collected on a web
> site. The wiki seems to be a good place, but there are of course many
> other possible solutions.
>
> I have contemplated doing this myself for quite some time, going through
> the mail archive and extracting the relevant discussions, but I always
> have more pressing things to do, and it is not likely I will ever be
> able to do it. So I'm throwing this idea up in the air. I realize many
> other are in the same situation as I am, but perhaps there are some
> interested readers out there in the community that has more time on
> their hands and that can help with such a task?
>
> /Magnus
>
>
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