I share the general community's dislike for the way Java did it, but I do agree that it may be an overgeneralization to then conclude the entire idea is bad. S

I share the general community's dislike for the way Java did it, but I do agree that it may be an overgeneralization to then conclude the entire idea is bad. Still, to really make it work nicely is non-trivial in the presence of things like closures and I couldn't tell you right now how to fix it.