Goetz spoke to InfoQ about these proposed hyphenated keywords: InfoQ: What has been the community response for hyphenated keywords in the Java language?

Ever wonder why Java's const keyword is unimplemented? More specifically, why do we mark global constants in Java with both the static and final keywords? Why are Java constants static and final? The ...

Java has made some big shifts over the past few years, as seemingly disparate forces converged to make the platform easier to use. New features like auto-compile and the var keyword lower the bar ...