Lambdas

February 03, 2008

It’s ironic, when Python tries to get rid of lambda expressions, it’s when Java sees the light (and after C#).

I can’t wait to see what they’ll borrow from dynamic languages next (and I mean having lambda inside OOP code, and not lambda expressions themselves).

Tagged with: en, programming, python, java, c#
This post has 5 comments. Feel free to read them and leave your own.

Carlos Rodrigues
Java isn't seeing the light, Java is becoming a bloated language thanks to competition from C#.

Anónimo Cobarde
lisp has already seen the light a long time ago! :)

Mário
python lambdas are not about seeing the light.. you can't compare python lambdas with scheme ou lisp lambdas. And java and is not about seeing light too..

Alcides Fonseca
Ok, maybe seeing the light is too strong, but is indeed a good thing :)

Knitter
Why would that be a good thing?
Is there a practical advantage in getting lambda calculus into Java? I fail to see any.

And I have to agree, Java is becoming less Java and more something else. Though I welcome some of the more recent changes, some of the proposed in Java 7 don't feel like a real improvement.

So, why would lambda calculus be an improvement to Java?

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