[AsyncAwait]

> Not to mention casting to and from interface{} which is error prone and very tedious and verbose.

Agreed, but Java's generics are not the best either. When I am looking for an advanced type system in this space I look at Rust, not Java.

[apta]

It's not an either-or situation. Java's generics have their advantages (I'm assuming you're referring to type erasure). Just look at the number of languages implemented on top of the JVM to see what I'm talking about. Type erasure made inter-op much easier between languages implemented on the JVM. That being said, there are upcoming improvements to generics in Java and the JVM (e.g. JEP 218).

And generics constitute just one part of a type system. You have languages like Scala if you're looking for a language with a more advanced type system than Rust's, and it also runs on the JVM.