java.util.stream 'map' method, proposal of method name change

[Andrew Dinn]

On 16/08/17 13:26, Remi Forax wrote:
> the name comes from Lisp
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_(higher-order_function)
Actually, the Lisp usage comes from mathematics:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_(mathematics)

Since the original conception of Lisp was lambda calculus realised as a
programming language it should be no surprise that Lispers chose their
terminology from abstract algebra.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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