Rick
Reputation: 949
Why is there array copy method in class System?
Why is there array copy method in class System? It seems it is not much with system stuff.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 252
Answers (1)
Sergey Kalinichenko
Reputation: 726809
It's there for historical reasons: it's there since JDK 1.0, while the Java class Arrays where this method logically belongs has not been introduced until Java 1.2 release.
Upvotes: 1
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