You are right, I don't know IBM and Red Hat reasons, but I do not trust them very far on this. Red Hat has a great Java alternative in Ceylon with a module sys

You are right, I don't know IBM and Red Hat reasons, but I do not trust them very far on this. Red Hat has a great Java alternative in Ceylon with a module system which seemed far more sensible when I read about it (you should take this observations with a grain of salt and check for yourself, I'm going on hazy memories).