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Re:Java collections framework for newbies by scorchin on Friday December 09, 2011 @09:04AM (#3333697)
There are a number of people I know who have never touched Java and are being exposed to the eco-system through languages like Clojure and Scala and this kind of overview may be useful to them.

However, I agree that it's not worthy to be on the front-page of HN.

Re:Java collections framework for newbies by snikolic on Friday December 09, 2011 @09:17AM (#3333735)
These are not Java-specific data structures. If you already know these concepts -- and I don't see how you could write code without inevitably bumping into them -- the Java implementations should be intuitive and trivial to learn. Not to mention clearly documented.
Re:Java collections framework for newbies by TheCapn on Friday December 09, 2011 @09:08AM (#3333712)
The only reason I feel this is out of place here is because the very first thing the author says is "if you google[...]" which I would hope most hackers do before they start asking questions of others.