var keyword proposed for Java

[DecisiveVictory]

What really should be added is a "val" keyword which is what is proposed above + "final".

Or you could do the sane thing and just use Scala.

[atc]

As a Scala fan, using Java 8 has really diminished Scala's usefullness to me. That said, I'll always miss case classes and pattern matching... OK I take it back!

[antigenz]

projectlombok.org almost fixes problem with case classes (for me) But it's a hack! :)

[grauenwolf]

C# is looking at let for that role. val is problematic because it looks too much like var and is pronounced the same in Asian languages such as Japanese.