You forgot about backwards compatibility, which is very high on the Java features priority list. Things like "Make `==` use `equals`" will NEVER happen in Java.

You forgot about backwards compatibility, which is very high on the Java features priority list. Things like "Make `==` use `equals`" will NEVER happen in Java. Many of you other points are also purely stylistic (eg. types before or after parameter/variable names), these will not change just because you don't like it.