Delegates in C# are first class methods of the language, basically type-safe method pointers matched by signature. C# has since gotten full Lambda expression support which I believe compiles down to the same, except with the latter you have some more options which they utilize for the LINQ and parallelization stuff. So no, I don't believe many would claim they are the same thing.
Microsoft wanted to modernize Java, adding delegates and properties to the language [J++ was lead by Hejlsberg, coming from Delphi and who would later move on to create C#]. That got stopped when Sun went to court, so I guess they since felt they needed a paper stance on the matter. There are other funny anecdotes, i.e. if Sun had not waited 10 with adding Enum's, Miguel de Icaza would likely not have went on to cloning .NET. C'est la vie with corporate politics and power struggles. :) /Casper On Dec 3, 2:17 am, Serge Boulay <serge.bou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here’s Suns position on Delegates years ago. Curious, aren't lambda's and > delegates the same thing? > > *Extract from white paper* > > “The newest version of the Microsoft Visual J++ development environment > supports a language construct called *delegates *or *bound method** > references*. … It is unlikely that the Java programming language will > ever include this construct. … bound method references are unnecessary > and detrimental to the language…. bound method references are > *harmful *because they detract from the simplicity of the Java > programming language and the pervasively object-oriented character of > the APIs. “ > > *The full article can be found here* > > http://java.sun.com/docs/white/delegates.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
