Apparently serious discussions are taken on the new Java language syntaxes. To me, most changes and enhancements help with the repeating code one developes in a daily Java coding. For example, we are all used to code single-method-anonymous-classes, which in a way resemble what C method pointers do. However, it doesn't look great to have all that class code while you only need a method. FCM addresses this in its entirety.
More on this is happening at www.javac.info. The latest Closures for the Java Programing Language explains how new literals and syntaxes can be put together to eliminate huge piles of repeated Java codes.
One good side of this is that all these new literals and syntaxes are translated to the existing ones, which means they will be translated into the same binary code. Nonetheless, I am not sure how this will effect code maintainability. At the same time, one could expect all sort of magical refactoring tools with Extract to Code Template bla bla to come out.
My take, we will be soon experiencing a new Java.
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