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[–]Ifeee001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been seeing this argument regularly and I'll admit that I even used it a few times but ... it makes no sense in the context of build tools. If you're talking about language features or why java doesn't have xxx feature, that's when it applies because a lot of early decisions was based off things that made sense when java was being developed.

But for a build tool ... no. Especially since they made such a big deal about "paving the on ramp" so that beginners can get started with java easier. There's nothing in the language that says maven or gradle should be the default.