On Thu, 2015-10-15 at 15:05 +0200, Jochen Theodorou wrote: > On 15.10.2015 13:09, Paul King wrote: > > I think pcollections or functional-java (via functional-groovy?) > > seem > > like the easiest paths to go. We should also decide whether to > > assist > > with static type checking we need the n-ary variants for things > > like > > Tuple, Predicate, Function etc. At some point we either need to > > adopt > > such generic interfaces or follow the Java8 direction. > > I think we will have to follow the Java8 direction long term.
Functional Java is fun but it replaces much of the Java 8+ core. So it is a strategy decision whether to stay close to Java or allow divergences to gain features. This is a fundamentally different thing to that we have done to date even when using dependencies. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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