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Put simply, you can now import a static method or inner class (i think) directly, instead of having to import the parent class and reference it through the parent class's namespace.
E.g., instead of
x = Math.sqrt(5);
you can do
import java.lang.Math.sqrt;
...
x = sqrt(5);
personally, I think its rediculous too, just to save a few bits of typing (when this blog entry of mine shows that there's plenty of other change
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