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		rbanffy on June 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why isn't Java used for modern web application dev... Actually, it needs pure functions. Lambdas are one way to add them with the benefit of being buzzword-compliant.

IsTom on June 10, 2012 [–]

Purity is orthogonal to lambda abstractions. It's matter of what function can do (pure or not) and function creation (a lambda or something more verbose).

rbanffy on June 10, 2012 | [–]

Sorry. I meant simple, C-style functions. I should never comment on HN before breakfast.

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