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Why is it so hard to make a Java program appear native?

user3150201 asks:

Most Java applications don't look the same as C/C++ applications. Swing might have been designed on purpose to have a distinctive look. SWT for example tried to look native and doesn't completely succeed.

Why is it hard for the developers of the Java language to design a GUI system that copies exactly the look of native GUIs? What's different in native GUIs? Isn't it only a matter of designing buttons that look like native buttons? Or does it go deeper than that?

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