[diggan]

> Disclaimer: In no way am I claiming that these Rust features caused their counterparts to appear in Java

> I would not be surprised if Kotlin and/or Scala were more influential in bringing this to life.

But yeah, I agree, generally weak article. I don't think it shows that "Java is becoming more like Rust" at all, because of the two listed features.

[lolinder]

A better way to say it is that Java is becoming more like Kotlin, which in turn was halfway between Java and Scala.

[oefrha]

“Java is becoming more like Kotlin” lands you on the lower half of front page at best. “More like Rust”? Instant upvotes, #2 right now.

[vips7L]

Except its not becoming more like Kotlin. It's becoming more like ML and OCaml