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    To quote the accepted answer: "Professors saying "ALWAYS do this or that" in regard to programming should be fired, or go back to school themselves." Commented Mar 13, 2011 at 10:31
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    @Ant, 1) good I'm not a professor, 2) please note the word "should". Java programmers not knowing why they should be coding to interfaces, are in my opinion unexperienced. Commented Mar 13, 2011 at 16:05
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    Stressing should makes no difference to the sentence; if you'd said "should usually" that'd be different. Java programmers always doing things, regardless of the situation, is why the language has such a bad reputation for being a cesspool of bloated crapware. Commented Mar 13, 2011 at 22:35
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    @Ant, you wouldn't happen to be an inexperienced Java progammer? Commented Mar 13, 2011 at 22:50
  • Getters and setters do not always indicate proper object orientation. Though that very much depends on the language. Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 2:14