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ardit33
on June 20, 2008
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Java finally open-sourced. Does anyone still care?
I thing Java took a wrong turn with 1.5 and especially 1.6. Introduced new complexities to the language, without adressing its main drawbacks: verbosity, and lack of proper closures, and functions being first class citizens
tomjen
on June 21, 2008
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Java 7 should add closures. And in the mean time, most of the times you would be using closures, you can use anonymous inner classes.
jlouis
on June 21, 2008
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anon. inner classes are simply too heavy to warrant most uses. You want brevity.
jmzachary
on June 21, 2008
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Yeah, closures and anonymous inner classes would really redeem Java in the eyes of the masses.
Java is going, going, ...
evilneanderthal
on June 21, 2008
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i think what tomjen was referencing was that java already has anonymous inner classes.
jmzachary
on June 21, 2008
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I'm aware. I was trying to take a funny jab at Java and it didn't turn out so well.
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