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In an InfoQ interview, Neal Gafter talked about closures, Java 7 features, and Scala--.

However, the following passage resonated with me the most:

Neal Gafter: So, I think most programming languages have one person or a small number of people that form a core team that guides the design of the language, and the evolution of the language. Stroustrup for example for C ++ and Anders for C# and I think that Alex Buckley and James Gosling could play that kind of role for Java.

Someone definitely needs to assert stronger leadership over Java the programming language, to provide a coherent vision, to move it forward, and to make progress.