Expected distribution of lambda sizes (Re: Syntax poll, take 2)

Ben Evans benjamin.john.evans at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 06:22:02 PDT 2011


On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Jack Moxley <jack at moxley.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Whatever syntax is chosen remember that it WILL be abused, and some poor
> sod like me is going to have to find the issue and then teach the
> perpetrator as to why it was abuse.
>
> To sum up, expect the unexpected.
>
>
This is precisely why we need a syntax containing a "Yoo-hoo, I'm a lambda"
character.

The syntax should favour the poor maint programmer - who is sooner or later
going to be us when woken at 0300 and hungover.

As we now seem to be debating alternatives (despite Brian's instructions),
here's the blog post I wrote about this:

http://www.java7developer.com/blog/?p=326

Thanks,

Ben


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