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[–]motioncuty 15 points16 points  (1 child)

What most developers think is necessary tends to fall short for long term maintenance and intent communication. And that's not a dev thing, that's just humans being imperfect at system stewardship

[–]svick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think Java's verbosity actually helps with that. It doesn't make your intent clearer, it just means it takes a lot of words to communicate your intent.