It's also a powerful one, matched only by few other languages. I'm happy Java enhancements don't settle for half-baked features, and carefully avoid backwards

It's also a powerful one, matched only by few other languages. I'm happy Java enhancements don't settle for half-baked features, and carefully avoid backwards compatibility issues. Yes the syntax is verbose like that of many recent features (like sealed classes) but honestly given modern tooling, who cares?