Github user afs commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/119#issuecomment-170362532
Java8 is still new, many people haven't had the chance to learn the new
possibilities and idioms. Clarity and maintenance matter. I like to think of
it as "programming for the next person who has to look at this".
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