Parleys.com: Closures for Java

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We have proposed to add Closures to the Java Programming Language. Closures simplify the use of APIs that rely on the use of anonymous class instances, such as the concurrency APIs and callbacks. More importantly, closures support control abstractions, which are APIs that act as programmer-de...

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We have proposed to add Closures to the Java Programming Language. Closures simplify the use of APIs that rely on the use of anonymous class instances, such as the concurrency APIs and callbacks. More importantly, closures support control abstractions, which are APIs that act as programmer-defined control constructs.

This JavaPolis talk describes the proposed language extension and its design rationale, and shows how it will affect existing and future APIs.

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