I don't know. To me it feels like Java is a bit of a patchwork, with too many features added on top of it that weren't accounted for in the original design of J

I don't know. To me it feels like Java is a bit of a patchwork, with too many features added on top of it that weren't accounted for in the original design of Java. Generics are probably the oldest example, but there are plenty of others.