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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Lambda reference?
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 08:45:58 -0400
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On 3/16/2016 8:38 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 3/16/2016 7:53 AM, Eric Douglas wrote:
>> On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 5:16:17 PM UTC-4, Eric Sosman wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Do lambdas make code execute faster or just do the same thing with
>> fewer characters?
>
>      "Yes."  :)
>
>      Sorry I can't offer details, but quite some time ago I saw a
> video of an Oracle guy explaining how lambdas were implemented
> under the hood.  In some cases the compiler simply generates an
> anonymous inner class and the lambda just turns out to be shorthand.
> But if the lambda expression is entirely self-contained -- refers
> only to its own arguments and not to variables belonging to the
> caller -- some kind of JVM trickery can be employed that eliminates
> a good deal of the ordinary overhead.
>
>      Sorry for the sketchy response; wish I could still find the
> video.

     Hah!  "This just in:"

http://medianetwork.oracle.com/video/player/1785479333001

... and this one, more specifically about peformance:

http://medianetwork.oracle.com/video/player/2623576348001

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