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> what we really hated was Java's verbose semantics I believe it's actually the opposite - Java has pretty simple, compact and well defined semantics. Too simp

> what we really hated was Java's verbose semantics I believe it's actually the opposite - Java has pretty simple, compact and well defined semantics. Too simple and compact for confort - a little syntatic sugar would have made the language a lot less verbose.

ncmncm 4y ago
Java's fundamental problems are well beyond reach of any syntactic sugar.
- becquerel 4y ago
  Please explain these fundamental problems.
  - _se 4y ago
    Generic type erasure and primitive boxing are two examples that cause daily headaches for many.
    - azth 4y ago
      Generic specialization is being worked on.