I agree with your general sentiment that Java verbosity is actually a strength rather than a weakness. However, the examples given in this particular article ar

I agree with your general sentiment that Java verbosity is actually a strength rather than a weakness. However, the examples given in this particular article are all (IMO) cases where the verbosity truly is unnecessary and is mainly there because for backwards-compatibility. These shortcuts do not reduce readability significantly and I would love to have these in Java.