The syntax is definitely strange and not Java like, it doesn’t match any Java syntax I recall. Not a lambda, not a method call, not a keyword or even a static m

The syntax is definitely strange and not Java like, it doesn’t match any Java syntax I recall. Not a lambda, not a method call, not a keyword or even a static method It should be 1 of the above. They also made the same weird new syntax choice with string template. One of the most important things about a language is coherence and consistency. That’s why a language designer is a role/talent