Classic post Steve :-)
> On 15 Feb 2014, at 10:35, Stephen F Northover <steve.x.northo...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > Hello all, > > Mark it on your calendar. Feb 25th is OpenJFX Lambda day. On that day, we > will lock the code base, lambdify everything in sight, and then open up for > business again. One thing that we won't be doing right away is converting > our code to use streams and other JDK8 features but this is inevitable > (perhaps after 8u20). We are part of the JDK, we ship with the JDK so we > will use features from the JDK. > > Like "Lambda's to the slaughter" the Android and iOS ports of OpenJFX will be > affected. We've been discussing the use of RetroLambda on and off in JIRA > for a while and it seems that it will work for both ports. We care about > these ports and it is possible that Lambda Day will slip for one reason or > another. For one thing, the lambdifying tools blow up some of the source > making lambda conversion a somewhat manual process. Hopefully we can get the > bugs fixed before the day. > > On that day, I will be listening to 'The Lambda Lies Down on Broadway" all > day. Those of you with children might prefer "Mary had a little Lambda". > Despite being called "The Lambda Police", I am and old Lisper and a card > carrying member of the "Knights of the Lambda Calculus". Look that one up. > I know the founder personally but will never tell who it is. > > Steve
