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Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot

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 Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> ps. I just heard about this Lambda thing ;)

"This Lambda [sic] thing" has been around longer than the Java language.

> This looks like the ability to have, what is called in Mathematica,
> or may be other functional languages, a pure function, that one
> can define and use on the fly ?
> 
> For example, in Mathematica, one can write
> 
> "Sort[list,p]
> sorts using the ordering function p. "
> 
> and is coded like this, for example:
> 
> In[11]:= Sort[{4,1,3,2,2},#1>#2&]
> Out[11]= {4,3,2,2,1}
> 
> where the '&' indicates the end of the function, and
> #1 means first argument, and #2 mean the second argument.

This has existed in Java since about version 1.1, only the syntax is rather more verbose.

They don't call it "pure function" in Java; there is no such thing.  It's called "implementation of a callback interface" in Java.

The "lambda" feature of Java 8 is a syntactic sweetener of the interface-implementation idiom, not the addition of "pure" (whatever that means) functions.

> One can also write the pure function more explicit, like this:
> 
> In[8]:= Sort[{4,1,3,2,2},Function[{x,y},x<y]]
> Out[8]= {1,2,2,3,4}
> 
> Is this, somewhat,  close to what Lambda in Java allows?

Why not read the literature, cited at the top of this thread?  That question was answered from the very start of this conversation.  Of course, it does require that you actually click to and read the information.

OTOH, documentation is a wonderful thing, and the habit of studying it a most empowering one.

Try it, why don't you?

> It is very useful feature to be able to do this sort of thing.
> (I need to read more about Java 8, sounds interesting)

Yes - yes you do.

-- 
Lew

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          Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-12 10:07 -0800
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            Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-14 06:25 -0400
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                Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot kensi <kensi_kensington@zoonoses.de> - 2011-11-16 12:53 -0500
                Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-11-16 12:20 -0600
                Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-16 14:27 -0700
                Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-16 14:04 -0800
                Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-17 10:05 -0700
                Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-16 18:57 -0500
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      Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-13 12:39 -0500
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          Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-13 15:43 -0500
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        Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-11-14 08:03 -0600
          Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-14 06:51 -0800
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    Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-12 17:09 -0500
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        Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-13 05:08 -0800
        Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-13 10:08 -0500
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            Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-13 12:23 -0500
        Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-13 09:23 -0800
          Re: Java 8 Lambda binary snapshot Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-13 12:27 -0500
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