Plus they hired a veteran language designer to lead the effort -- Anders Hejlsberg. Compared to Java they were unapologetic in rapidly iterating the language an

Plus they hired a veteran language designer to lead the effort -- Anders Hejlsberg. Compared to Java they were unapologetic in rapidly iterating the language and much more aggressive about borrowing ideas from research. Arguably it came full circle in Java 8, which was a big update to the language.