A Reddit debate over C# vs. Java int, sparked by a Microsoft engineer’s claim that C#’s int is a primitive, revealed confusion amplified by `Type.IsPrimitive`. This led to the Lₐₓ/Lₐₜ/R (LAX/LAT/R) taxonomy: a framework to classify types by their language-level, atomic, and runtime properties, resolving disputes rooted in specs and tribal knowledge.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 21.1 ms ] threadThis used to be (and still is in some circles) a hot topic.
.net had the benefit of coning second and fixed a lot of java's design issues. It really use a better java.
Of course in the days of JavaScript desktop apps and python, people just don't need to pay attention to perf as much for better or worse.