I won't dare to enter the ground of interpreting what's a closure
because I'd get it wrong. But I think that the following statements are
true:
1. "foobar" is a language construct that either is the same thing of a
closure or a subset of a closure
2. foobars are useful for programmers
3. the difference between a foobar and a closure, if any, is neglectable
from a practical point of view
4. Java has always had foobars, in form of SAM classes
5. Java 8 provides a nicer, shorter syntax for foobars
I think that points 1, 2, 4, and 5 are quite obvious and I suppose
nobody disagrees. So, the important point is #3. If you can't
demonstrate that point #3 is false, then clay and Cédric might be not
pedantic enough from a semantic point of view (not my business), but are
substantially right.
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