very limited, for instance you must declare the type of a public method
> alias
as you point out it's not
> Java also has interfaces, of course
but you have to implement them explicitly
> strict null checks, when you want that, you can use it
if we start accepting static analysis tools then C has null checks as well I guess
so what's the difference except the name?
> if we start accepting static analysis tools
I'm not talking about static analysis. In today's Java you can write code that does not accept nulls, if you want to.
very limited, for instance you must declare the type of a public method
> alias
as you point out it's not
> Java also has interfaces, of course
but you have to implement them explicitly
> strict null checks, when you want that, you can use it
if we start accepting static analysis tools then C has null checks as well I guess