Two years ago, I blogged about parallel for each construct using a very early version of lambda prototype compiler. At that time, Data Parallelism was already available in C# TPL, but Java designers were hard at work in bringing this idiom to Java. https://gist.github.com/aruld/4949503 Lambda expressions support in Java 8 is here for everyone to … Continue reading Parallel Looping Constructs in Java (revisited)
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Lambda expressions in Java 8 adopts C# style syntax
Almost a year later since publishing the original Lambda proposal, JSR 335 EG has finally decided to adopt C# style syntax for Java 8 Lambda expressions. Brian has outlined the formal model for the new C# style syntax in his mail to lambda-dev: lambda = ArgList Arrow Body ArgList = Identifier | "(" Identifier [ … Continue reading Lambda expressions in Java 8 adopts C# style syntax
Parallel Looping Constructs in Java: Lambda expressions to the rescue?
Last November, Mark Reinhold announced that Closures will be added to the Java language and six months later we had an initial prototype based on the Straw-Man proposal and last month's update was considered a significant progress for the language in years. As mentioned in Mark's post, "Working with parallel arrays in Java, unfortunately, requires … Continue reading Parallel Looping Constructs in Java: Lambda expressions to the rescue?
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