I'd say it is very characteristic of the Java team at Oracle to be committed to discipline and long term vision. I strongly suggest watching some of their talk

I'd say it is very characteristic of the Java team at Oracle to be committed to discipline and long term vision. I strongly suggest watching some of their talks from JVMLS (JVM Language Summit), especially the ones from Brian Goetz and Mark Reinhold. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX8CzqL3ArzUOgZpIX6GsoRhPbnij-sco https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX8CzqL3ArzUOgZpIX6Gs...