> when you specify as much as possible in syntax, the code is easier to maintain That's not true of all cases. Most importantly, the number of abstractions tha

> when you specify as much as possible in syntax, the code is easier to maintain That's not true of all cases. Most importantly, the number of abstractions that are baked into the language are a combination of workarounds (rather than fixing the type system) and whatever the JLS contributor's motivations are. Some of which has been useful, some of which has not. It's overengineered.