Widespread use of reflection, [was Feedback on proposal for #ReflectiveAccessToNonExportedTypes]

[dalibor topic]

On 27.07.2016 13:28, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
> In summary, restricting reflection/setAccessible would effectively be
> signing the death warrant of Java

As entertaining as it is to read Cassandric ruminations about the 
imminent death of Java (and almost nothing [0] says 'Summer is here, 
again, just like every year!' like reading 'death [...] of Java' on some 
mailing list or other), aside from historically not having had a 
particularly gracious success rate, such predictions are, at the end of 
the day, just appeals to emotion.

So even if you may feel that those are powerful statements to you 
personally, to someone who has read many variations of them over the 
past decade or so, rather than reinforce the strength of your other more 
or less technical arguments, they have quite the opposite effect.

Mildly related: 
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustForFun/ApocalypseDayPlanner?from=Main.ApocalypseDayPlanner

cheers,
dalibor topic

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFatVn1hP3o&feature=youtu.be
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