The difference between "instanceof List" and 'o instanceof List<?>"

Question

I don't see any difference in the following:

    Object o = new LinkedList<Long>();

    System.out.println(o instanceof List); 
    System.out.println(o instanceof List<?>);

Is there any practical use of instanceof List<?> when instanceof List can't be used instead and vise versa?

Answer 1

No difference. The wildcard is erased at compile time.