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Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java?

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In article <53b36e09$0$293$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>, Arne Vajhøj 
(arne@vajhoej.dk) says...

> > static final Comparator<String> COMPARE_BY_LENGTH
> >                = (s1,s2) -> s1.length() - s2.length()
> >
> > Collections.sort(lst, COMPARE_BY_LENGTH);
> >
> > ..or even implementing a more general interface.
> > But would people do that very often, if the original expression is so
> > concise? Hmm..
> 
> I look at it a bit differently: the introduction of lambda
> makes the benefits of reusing close to zero and we only like
> reuse when it actually has benefits, so I do not see it as
> a problem.

You say that until you see an application with about 15 different 
implementations of a date comparator, some of them plain wrong, some of 
them without a proper way to handle null values (as the Comparator 
above, I'd like to add) and you feel urged to fix them all (checking all 
usages if there is not one case that really needs it the way that looks 
wrong).

Apart from that I find a it more readable by a large margin - and that's 
even more important in my humble opinion.

Kind regards,
Wanja

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are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? gdotone@gmail.com - 2014-06-27 16:50 -0700
  Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-06-27 20:14 -0400
    Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-06-27 20:23 -0400
      Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-28 14:43 +0200
        Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-01 14:34 -0700
          Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-07-01 22:01 -0400
          Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-02 20:52 +0200
            Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-02 13:08 -0700
              Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-03 03:13 +0200
              Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-07-06 14:42 +0200
        Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-07-01 22:27 -0400
          Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-07-01 22:32 -0400
            Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-01 19:58 -0700
            Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-02 22:55 +0200
              Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-02 15:32 -0700
                Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-07-03 09:45 -0700
          Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? leif.roar@invalid.com (Leif Roar Moldskred) - 2014-07-01 23:48 -0500
            Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-02 22:55 +0200
              Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-07-03 09:49 -0700
                Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-03 10:25 -0700
                Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-07-04 11:03 -0700
          Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-02 21:23 +0200
      Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-06-30 09:08 -0700
        Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-07-01 21:56 -0400
  Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-06-28 12:11 +0200
    Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-06-30 08:50 -0700
      Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-06-30 09:09 -0700
      Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-01 19:27 +0200
        Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-07-01 20:46 +0200
          Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2014-07-01 21:52 +0200
            Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-01 14:11 -0700
              Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2014-07-22 14:37 +0200
                Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-07-22 10:39 -0700
                Sidetrack on generics (WAS: Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java?) Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net> - 2014-07-22 20:48 +0200
                Re: Sidetrack on generics (WAS: Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional   programming to java?) Chris Riesbeck <Chris.Riesbeck@gmail.com> - 2014-07-23 12:01 -0500
      Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-07-01 21:50 -0400
  Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-22 04:40 -0700
  Re: are lambdas a way to bring functional programming to java? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-28 09:45 -0700

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