Java is quite a lean language, especially considering its age, and the design team does consider every new feature for a long time before adding, being an excep

Java is quite a lean language, especially considering its age, and the design team does consider every new feature for a long time before adding, being an exception among languages with regards to feature churn (with all its negatives and positives). Just look at C# or C++, both have at least an order of magnitude larger language “surface area”.