How many years until Java gives us what we really want?

It isn't:

1. Streams

2. Java NIO

3. Records

It's actually:

1. Unsigned integers

2. Unsigned integers

(You won't believe it)

3. Unsigned integers

The amount of whacky bitmasking I have had to do when converting from a signed smaller type, SST, to a bigger (type here doesn't matter, just width) type, is... Well actually only 1 time ever but it was a little annoying I had to do it at all.

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