I don't see it as unfortunate. It shows that Java is a living language that continues to improve and change to match the needs of its users. Compare this to Com

I don't see it as unfortunate. It shows that Java is a living language that continues to improve and change to match the needs of its users. Compare this to Common Lisp, which has not change in any meaningful way since 1984. A lisp-er would probably say that CL is so malleable that it hasn't needed to change, but I'm not so sure about that.