IO.println behavior on char[]

[Brian Goetz]

> I agree,
> arrays are fully weird in Java, they don't behave like proper objects 
> (no equals/hahCode/toString), they have a weird hierarchy, they are 
> always mutable and they do not work properly with generics too.
>
> So they are not simple to use, they are low level primitives, not 
> something you do not want introduce early in the learning process.

Preach it, brother!

I understand the tendency to want to teach "from the ground up", but 
starting with arrays (like with static methods) is just teaching habits 
that need to be unlearned.

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