[kbd]

> I do think it's a good bit simpler and cleaner than it would be in Java.

Is it really? My Java is rusty, but now that Java has type inference it looks nearly exactly like what you'd type in Java (minus `public static void`, `new`, etc.)

[cutler]

Java 10 only has type inference for method-scoped vars.

[pjmlp]

Java 11 is around the corner and has improved upon it.