> I think the code is much more readable and less annoying with inference. I concur. I've been dabbling with Java a bit again (mainly because of a hobby projec

> I think the code is much more readable and less annoying with inference. I concur. I've been dabbling with Java a bit again (mainly because of a hobby project in order to learn Clojure) after a pause of multiple years. It boggles my mind that compiler inference didn't make it into the language yet. Everytime I have to declare a totally obvious type, I cringe.