Pattern matching is not a big deal???
I can't see why the author of the article doesn't think pattern matching is a big deal. I use pattern matching in almost everything I code, though this is mostly in functional languages (ML, F#, Haskell), where the support is better than in Java. For example, functional languages support nested patterns and pattern-matching over base types such as integers. Oh, well, I suppose this will eventually make it into Java. Most features of functional languages already have. Like Bob Harper once said: "Over time, every language evolves to look more and more like Standard ML".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
