Switch it with a summation operator and see if it makes sense. The problem isn't the operation by itself, but the fact that the operator implies an argument application, like a function.
I really don't know where you are going with this. They don't go out eating plastics and whatever either. They get sick because they've eaten something contaminated (what happens way more often on the wild) or because they failed to distinguish the food (what also happens way more often on the wild).
Ok, I'm taking from it that you use a permanent marker pen... I just don't know why you execute your files, but since paper guillotines are so fun to use, I'm assuming it's just for amusement.
I think it was 5 that decided to change everything on the parser level, and 11 that decided to change everything on the modules level.
Outside of those, Java has always been extremely backwards compatible. But last time I checked the ecosystem still didn't recover from that module semantics change.
Well, all those nazis popping out everywhere are a problem, yes, but if you make some movement against printers, I can get behind it too.