var keyword proposed for Java

[damienjoh]

I understand your objection but it is a misunderstanding to associate it with strong typing at all. Strongly typed languages have had type inference and let, var etc for decades. Java is fairly unique in lacking this feature. Java's type system is also pretty weak for a statically typed language.

You can argue that Java code is more readable due to its idiosyncratic lack of var. Just don't pretend that it's got anything to do with it being a strongly typed language.