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icebraining on May 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Opinionated Guide to Modern Java Development, P...

I supported Google because the ends don't justify means. People should have the right to re-implement APIs, even if we sometimes wished they didn't.

squeaky-clean on May 2, 2014 [–]

Well put. Just because it wasn't a good idea doesn't mean it should be illegal.

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