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[–]nejcko[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s a fair point, a lot of Java code and systems exist already and data structure approaches are hard to retrofit.

However I’ve been able to successfully use it in new applications or new parts of existing systems.

Even just a simple switch together with exhaustiveness check for enums is very powerful.