I think that you lose readability with Java generics, rather than gain it, because of the ugly angle brackets which stand out far too much visually with respect

I think that you lose readability with Java generics, rather than gain it, because of the ugly angle brackets which stand out far too much visually with respect to the other glyphs. By the way, I think the same about the "enhancements" proposed for Java 7 and 8, regardless of their technical merit.