[morecoffee]

It cannot. The syntax bloat forces structural cleanliness. A lower level problem is addressed with a higher level fix. It would be better of course to not have bloated syntax, but not at the cost of better program logic.

As for tedium: Java programmers rely heavily on IDEs to "write" most of the boilerplate for them. The IDE fills in tokens automatically, and hides them visually with +/- boxes to the side.

[charleslmunger]

But if the bloat is hidden, how is it forcing structural cleanliness?

[morecoffee]

Personally I don't hide it, and I do type each token by hand. Since the parent brought up tedium, I wanted to mention that there are solutions to it. IDEs hide bloat, but code review and other tools often don't.