It seems rather disingenuous to talk about severely outdated features without mentioning the fact that said practices are multiple decades out of date.
Let me put it another way, it doesn't strike me as the best possible example to use.
Let me put it another way, it doesn't strike me as the best possible example to use.
This is clearly on the past, as an example that once existed.
> Java provided ... there was no way
If anything, that text in misleading people into believing that Java doesn't do it anymore, instead of just nobody using it.