On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:57:04 +0000 Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote:
> and Java 8 is a game > changer that threatens Scala, and Kotlin. > You've mentioned this before in another thread, and you've got me curious: What aspect (or aspects) of Java 8 are there that make it a game-changer? You've obviously been keeping up on Java developments far, far more than I have (I've mostly been ignoring it since ~v5 when I jumped ship to C#/D), so all I know is what I've just looked up on Wikipedia. The lambdas/closures do indeed sound like a very big deal for Java (I can't help recalling the infamous old Sun whitepaper that attempted to show they were unnecessary ;) ). But is there more *really* significant stuff (I assume there is), or is that the main reason for Java 8's significance?
