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by kelnos 3375 days ago
Parse error: implicitly the author intended "Java needs X, meaning you can't Y in Java".

Please read charitably and give the poster the benefit of the doubt.

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> Parse error: implicitly the author intended "Java needs X, meaning you can't Y in Java".

Except the second clause does not generally follow from the first yet is presented thus. You can't Y in Java because Java very specifically decided not to support Y.

The correct statement is

1. Java needs X.

2. Unreleatedly, Java chose not to Y.