Can you point to it? I spent a while looking for it but I signed up after it happened.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > There has been close to a centithread discussion on this topic on > lambda-dev, maybe you should read it and then decide if the JDK devs are > amateurs? > > -- > Cédric > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:22 PM, clay <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Has anyone seen java.util.Optional in the new Lambda builds? >> >> Why is there no flatMap? >> >> Why does it not support iteration (can't do a for loop over an Optional)? >> >> Why doesn't it have Some/None subclasses? >> >> Why does Scala and Functional Java get this right yet Guava and now the >> core Java guys completely ruin it? >> >> Why doesn't Java 8 have persistent immutable collections? >> >> >> Some of the JDK developers have real talent, but this is completely >> amateur. >> >> I really hope they can fix this before it is set in stone. Tons of decent >> functional programmers can write a complete Option implementation easily as >> a fun exercise. It boggles my mind that they don't have the decent talent >> working on something so important. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/9H396Nyijw4J. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
