Tag: lambda_expressions
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Surfing the ReferencePipeline in Java 8
Java 8 includes new a Stream Processing API. At its core is the ReferencePipeline class which gives us a DSL for working with Streams in a functional style. You can get an instance of a ReferencePipeline flowing with a single expression. The MapReduce DSL has the essential set of list processing operations such as querying,…
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Hacking C#’s Lambda Expressions Into Hash Rockets
As I move between C# and Ruby, I have found my brain’s internal syntax parser always needing to switch gears and repurpose its understanding of Fat Arrow, =>. In Ruby, it provides a visually salient means of expressing key => value pairing within a Hash. C# on the other hand uses it to indicate the…