Could also be a subtle hint that the language in question (Java, Maven/XML) are too verbose. I mean, for dependencies and the like there's alternatives (for Java & co) in Gradle and SBT, or the very simple NPM and Bower formats; for build tools, see the same (and Grunt). There's no real benefit (anymore) to use XML for that kind of configuration.
Same with Java. Functional programming makes for much more expressive iteration than the iterator / for-loop pattern does, and it's much less verbose (think list.map(doSomething)).
Same with Java. Functional programming makes for much more expressive iteration than the iterator / for-loop pattern does, and it's much less verbose (think list.map(doSomething)).