A great read for folks wondering why Java uses type erasure instead of “reified” generics. For the unaware, that means that a List<Integer> is a List<Object> at runtime. I had always wondered about it and why they didn’t take the alternative route. For context, C# does have reified types so the actual type parameter is available at runtime.
I personally love reading in depth discussions about counter intuitive engineering decisions like this.
As a heads up, idk if it is just the Jerboa app or Lemmy but I your type params on Sensor were being interpreted as HTML tags and not rendered. The ones in the first paragraph are fine though.
Can we use <b>raw HTML?</b>
Edit: looks like it just gets blocked and not read.
Edit 2: Looks like Jerboa and the browser display this differently actually lol
Funnily enough, I typed that one in the Jerboa app, but yeah, it’s not rendering for me either. 🙃
I opened a GitHub issue. I think it’s probably just a config thing as they are both based on the CommonMark spec. Or maybe a nug with one of the markdown libs themselves.