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You're not wrong, it's still a staple today, but it lost a lot of its shine a while ago. They are mimicking "new" features introduced in other languages, but make a point to preserve retrocompatibility.
I can't imagine how convoluted the JVM has become in the last 10 years.
I don't really see how that is bad..? Java wants to be widely applicable and taking the best features from other languages helps that goal, right?
Because Java sucks at taking those features. I mean look at Java's Optional abomination of a class and compare it to C# or Typescript's optional chaining (
?.) language feature.There's a reason Kotlin was created, because Java is still bogged down by all its legacy kruft.
It still boggles my mind that C# is as good as it is given where it comes from. Java really fucked up with type erasure and never fully recovered imo.