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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

>> On my Weblogic course I could not stop shaking my head about all the 
>> problems which brings the "all is pointer" concept of Java.
> 
> Which is the same sort of rubbish as "all is object."
> 
> Clearly it is impossible to have all types referents. I don't mean here
> small fundamental types like Boolean etc, but the pointers themselves. To
> incorporate then one needs to introduce pointers-to-pointers, then
> pointers-to-pointers-to-pointers ad infinitum, which is impossible. The
> "concept" leaks. 

Not only it leaks, but combined with other defficiencies often leads to 
"consciusness split".

Consider: int, Integer, IntHolder.
That gives three types for the same logical domain.

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