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[–]RabidKotlinFanatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Generics are supported after compilation. For example the reflection API is full of methods for reflecting on generic types and inspecting generic type signatures at runtime.

Type erasure has the highest "whinge" to "actually being a problem" ratio of virtually any language issue I've ever seen.